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Our “Holy Trek” Begins in Yunnan Province, China
We drove to the trailhead at Sharthang Hot springs to begin the trek, and were surprised to see other Land Rovers besides ours loaded with Chinese tourists. There were also horsemen assembling with...
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Day Hiking around Upper Legbam, China
Many of the other Chinese tourists stayed at the same guesthouse we did. They were highly educated, spoke English…most worked/lived in Beijing or Shanghai. They too, were going to day hike the same...
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The GORGE!! Yunnan Province, China
Then came Day 4 – THE GORGE! We hiked up from our overnite, over the ridge, and there was a trail, winding alongside a beautiful gorge, very “Grand Canyon” looking. Terror struck.. along with the cold...
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Tibetan Home Stays in Yunnan, China
In Nyithang, Lobsang found a “hotel” built around a large “U”-shaped courtyard with individual rooms on the second floor – little stores at ground level. The Chinese woman who ran the “hotel” wouldn’t...
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Staying at the Monastery, Yunnan, China
The Monastery school was founded to teach cultural and communal education to disadvantaged children along the Mekong Valley. This is where our Head Monk lived and taught. Another long hike…up a...
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Back to “Shangri-La”, Yunnan, China
In the morning, we hiked down (for a change) through the fields and mountains, to where our Land Rover was waiting. View image Cellular phones rank right up there as one of the great inventions of the...
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Touring High Altitude Zhongdian/Gyalthang/”Shangri-La” in Yunnan Province, China
Zhongdian, known as Gyalthang in Tibetan, recently changed its name to Shangri-La. Our new guide was an English teacher who had the worst English of all the guides. Very nice but his poor speaking...
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