<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 17 August: Haba The alarm went off at 05h45, we packed and got ready for breakfast and headed down to the veranda where we collected our washing - almost dry. Breakfast was pancakes with banana and walnuts. After breakfast we bought some bananas to sustain us for the walk and waited for the taxi to arrive. It came just after 07h00, later than we had arranged but then again we had also ...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 16 August: Walnut Garden We were all up just before 08h00, sitting round the breakfast table awaiting a meal of muesli, yogurt and fruit for Leanne and pancakes for me - for the first time it actually cost the same as a bowl of noodle soup. This was washed down with the complementary tea one always gets in China, before we all collected our bags and went on our way. On our way out I sp...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 15 August: Tiger Leaping Gorge The morning we were up early, packing and getting ready for the day ahead. We left for breakfast, same little restaurant and once more the noodles of the previous day. After breakfast we headed to Mama 1, we had heard from one of the staff at Mama 2 that we could get a bus to Qiaotou village for only Y20pp, problem however was availability. There were som...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 14 August: Lijiang Another late morning, we awoke after 10h00, the other two still sound asleep. We went down to the only computer available to look at the weather and enjoy our complementary green tea. It was still raining and didn't look good for the walk at Tiger Leaping gorge, seeing as with rains came landslides and TLG was known for its dangerous landslides causing more than a fe...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 13 August: Lijiang We got up just after 09h00, walked to the south gate to get breakfast, noodle soup, before returning to pack and head for the West gate where buses departed for Lijiang. Along the way we passed Sisters Cafe where we stopped to ask for directions. They said there was no bus leaving in the morning and that the only bus would be at 15h00. We weren't sure this was the ca...