Tag: China
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Interlude
I’ve been working on a number of projects including: preparing my travel books (i.e., in hardcover print and eBook formats) covering our recent trip to Europe; a review of material on sacred architecture, specifically of…
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Shangri La
After the Gorge we drove to Deqen, a city whose “marketing name” is Shangri La. While this area was once part of Tibet, this is not the city made famous in Lost Horizons. The following…
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Tiger Leaping Gorge, Day 2
We left the Tea Horse Inn early, around 7:00 AM. Our intent was to reach the Halfway House for breakfast and then the end of the trail by noon. We accomplished these goals.
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Tea Horse Inn
We spent the first night at the Tea Horse Inn. So called as the trail we travelled was formerly a trade route connecting Kunming and the tea-producing areas in China with Burma and India. …
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Tiger Leaping Gorge, Day 1
The river in the Gorge is the upper Yangtze. The trail is about 23 KM and certainly the first several kilometres are largely up hill and difficult. We were fortunate to have sunny weather, although…
