a family of five traveling the world for a year
We can’t quite remember how we discovered Lijiang and added it to our itinerary. We had heard that Yunnan Province – where Lijiang is located – is beautiful and worth a visit, but we really did not know what to expect and, frankly, after three weeks in China, we were ready to move on. But …
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Chengdu (pronounced Shen-du) is a big, gray city, home to 8 million humans and 150 giant pandas. The pandas drew us to Chengdu but we left with a deep appreciation for Sichuan cuisine. Chengdu started off on a bad note. We arrived to a pretty disgusting Airbnb. We can lower our standards some, but it …
There is a saying in China that Guilin’s landscape is “the best under heaven.” It comes pretty close. The landscape is stunning and showcases rivers (most notably the Li River) and lakes and beautiful green karsts (limestone mountains) as far as the eye can see. Clouds and fog often shroud the karsts. It is gorgeous. …
We are 18 days, 3 airplanes rides, 2 train rides, and 4 Airbnbs into our trip. There have been more hard moments than easy ones, mostly because China. Is. Hard. We knew it would be, so we came equipped with a VPN and Google Translate, and they have mostly been helpful. But Chinese characters are …