May Day Vacation
Finally! Here are our May Day vacation pictures!!
We went on an absolutely mesmerizing hike through Tiger Leaping Gorge, then crammed ourselves in a van and rode unpaved roads to the magnificent Lugu Hu. We ended our Yunan (the province we spent all vacation in) adventure in Dali, a quaint little town-- of 10 million or so. We spent all of our time in Dali's Old Town which reminded me a lot of the French Quarter!!
We went on an absolutely mesmerizing hike through Tiger Leaping Gorge, then crammed ourselves in a van and rode unpaved roads to the magnificent Lugu Hu. We ended our Yunan (the province we spent all vacation in) adventure in Dali, a quaint little town-- of 10 million or so. We spent all of our time in Dali's Old Town which reminded me a lot of the French Quarter!!
Tiger Leaping Gorge was a force to be reckoned with, we spent the first night in a hostel in the village of Qiatao at the easternmost point of the trail and set off the next morning, finishing our day 2,5000 meters high in a hostel built into the face of the mountain, and ate some delicious yak meat pizza, yummmy! We made friends with this super cool, and super cynical french guy named Julien and his girlfriend Olea, and a young Chinese-American guy named Jeff, although we didn't snap any photos with them :(
The second day we climbed down to the end of the trail and spent the night there, getting up finally on the third day to trek into the gorge-- which was, my goodness-- astonishing! Check out the video I took of the rapids! Then we took a bus back to Lijiang, a touristy town situated in a valley of rolling hills, unlike any other Chinese city we have seen owing to it's lack of high rises and smog. The whole city is built in the old style, so all the building are not more than three to five stories high and beautifully painted. I didn't get any pictures of Lijiang but I suggest you look it up!
The next day we took the ride of our life, speeding on unpaved cow paths at 70mph, round mountain curves with no barriers-- good thing I slept for most of that one. We spent three days in what can only be properly described as heaven on earth. The bluest skies and clearest water I've ever seen, so calm and such delicious food! Why did we ever leave!?!?
Then we made our way to Dali, which was so great the first day-- until Ben and I ate too much cheese (neither of us have had access to cheese in 9 months, so we got a little too excited) and had serious tummy aches for the last two days. Apparently Dali has a reputation for giving people food poisoning, luckily ours wasn't too severe but watch out! The food we did eat was amazing though! We both agreed that the donuts at this little diner we had breakfast at were the best we've ever had. Simple buttermilk donuts and coffee, yes please!
Alas, all good things must come to an end so here we are back in Zunyi dreaming up our next adventure, only 8 more weeks left in the semester!! Enjoy :)
Love,
Torie and Ben
What is happening to my face in this picture?^^^^^^
That hat though...^^^^
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Hello We are Torie Nugent and Ben Peterson, lovers of adventure and travel here to share our expereinces with you.
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