14 November 2013 – Yangshuo, China
Our day of exploring the famous karst scenery around Yangshuo, a found secret garden and delicious kumquat wine. A wonderful day!
Our day of exploring the famous karst scenery around Yangshuo, a found secret garden and delicious kumquat wine. A wonderful day!
Our hostel in Yanshuo – Yangshuo 11 – had fantastic views (cannot say the same for night time peace and quite, but hey sacrifices have to be made).
On the bus in Kunming, China.
Baby pandas learning to crawl. Panda Research Base in Chengdu, China. STATS Days on the road: 91 Distance traveled: 4528.58 miles / 7288.04 km by plane – 1092.49 miles / 1758.19 km by train – 2532.3 miles / 4075.34 km by bus – 734.39 miles / 1181.8 km by boat – 2.2 miles / 3.54 km by car – 167.2 miles /…
A happy hour in Kunming, China – a necessary luxury sometimes.
Enjoying great weather in Kunming, China. So rare to see blue sky and sun — at least in the fall! We liked Kunming!
Another train ride. This time leaving Chengdu on our way for southern Kunming. Still China.
On the bus back from our hike up to Mt Emei. Back to Chengdu for the third time.
More stairs — the never ending stairs on Mt Emei. Day 2 of the 3-day, 54-km hike.
Staying at a temple on day 1 of our 3 day hike up Mountain Emei, in China. All in all we walked (up the stairs!!) 54 kilometers.
The world’s tallest Buddhist carving — the 71-meter Buddha in Leshan, China. Plus a few new friends 🙂
Drinking tea is the popular past time in Chengdu, China — so we join in — and its delicious!