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I think one does need to be able to speak/read Chinese to visit there. I saw a big foreigner tourist group in the airport, so I think the best bet is to follow a tour group. There are MANY bars in Lijiang and I ran into foreigners quite a bit. Before Covid, or 12 years ago, when China was more...

It does stay very cool in the summer, especially with its high altitude. The town does not need AC. According to some conversation with the locals and observation, my guess is that the architecture is built throughout and has about 800 years of history. Some locals still live there, but more...

May 22nd Wednesday. Heading to Yulong Mountain (Yu = Jade, Long = dragon. So also called Jade Snow mountain). Lijiang has an altitude of around 2400 m (7874 ft). Yulong mountain is very close to Lijiang, with the highest peak being 4680 m. There is a cable car that can get you to almost the...

May 21st, Tuesday A 3 hour flight in the early morning got us to Lijiang around noon. This is a lovely hotel room. There are two main heritage sites in the city of Lijiang. We first arrived at the less touristy one, called Shuhe old Town. There are lots of coffee/tea shops, restaurants...

Tourism with my parents. Yes. I should have mentioned their puer tea. According to some Chinese medicine doctor, only pu'er tea is good for your health. Other tea is either bad or just whatever 🤣

May 21, Tuesday Me and my parents flew to Lijiang, a super touristy city in Yunnan province. Yunnan is in southwest of China, bordering at least Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos. It is a very beautiful province, rich in agriculture, tourism, ethnic diversity, and drug dealing... In recent years, it's...

May 19th, wandering around in the city park in Shaoxing I like this glass building, which is changing its lighting color. It is a coffee house/bar.

Your car cannot be on the road in Beijing. In Beijing you win the car registration lottery first, then you have half a year to buy your car and get it registered.

The pollution is pretty bad in Beijing, but not too much from car waste anymore. I believe sandstorm is a big reason. The car restriction is also for limiting the traffic. The traffic in Beijing is pretty bad at all times. On the same topic, it is near impossible to get your car registered in...

May 17th Friday We went to an outlet mall in Beijing... My purpose of Beijing trip is to spend some time with my friend, and this is where she wanted to go. I could not care less. It is north of Beijing, close to the Great wall. On the way. This is sort of the business center of Beijing. PS...

It's been a while since I have posted pictures. Inky Wendy, light, and inky: why does is take so long for dad to get treat ready? Inky Meimei, Wendy, and poopy Nice mug Poopy resting in the end of Feb. She had a bad limp from fighting inky. She is all good now. Inky and meimei Foxy and...

Your ladies are looking fabulous!

on May 15th, I took the train to Beijing to visit a very good friend of mine. My friend bought a condo last year. It is a tiny one bedroom around 500 to 600 sqft. It cost her more than 5 million yuan, which is about 770k us dollars 😱. My house in north carolina is much less and has more than...

Oh Blanche! :hugs

I have decided again to ramble on this thread, as I am in China again. The posting may not be too frequent. We shall see. First an update on my flock. We have 7 chickens now as Tina left us forever on June 28th, 2023. Among the 7 chickens, we have a special need hen named Honey as she went...

I am so sorry Alex. I know this is a late post. I hope the pain has eased. Sir Jaffar has had a great life and is continuing his wonderful life in heaven.

I completely agree!! I love this picture so much.

That's amazing that your roo is taking care of her!

Honey the blind chicken On April 6th, Honey went blind all of a sudden. Before that, she has had water belly for a while. We don't know why Honey is blind. You cannot tell from looking at her eyes. So Honey has been a house chicken for the past month and she actually seems pretty happy. We...

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