Tag: Lijiang

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Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – more of Lijiang (丽江古城)

October 17, 2026

Lijiang Ancient Town is huge that we only explored the Mufu Palace (木府) and the Giant Water Wheels (大水车) sections the last few days. Since we already visited the nearby old towns, we had an entire day just to explore more of Lijiang Ancient Town. We started off walking from our hotel toward Wuyi Street… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – more of Lijiang (丽江古城)

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Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang day trip to Shuhe Ancient Town (束河古镇) and costume dress-up

September 26, 2026

The InterContinental Lijiang breakfast spread was huge; it had both Western dishes as well as local…you named it, they have it! Freshly baked pastries yum yum: In beautiful trays, this looked more like a dessert table! The only “not so high-end” was the fruit in this fridge in those plastic trays: Their local specialty stall… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang day trip to Shuhe Ancient Town (束河古镇) and costume dress-up

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Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang (丽江古城)

September 19, 2026

After breakfast, we met up with our driver (the guy who picked us up from Dali Airport to the hotel and Jason added him to his WeChat and negotiated the transfer fee of 600 CNY) for our transfer from Dali to Lijiang (丽江). The drive was around 2.5 hours, Jason asked him about where locals… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang (丽江古城)