Tiger Leaping Gorgeous
I’ve spent the last 3 days at Tiger Leaping Gorge, quite possibly the most beautiful place that I’ve ever been in my life. In short, I’m awed and rejuvinated.
The trek was difficult at times but was absolutely amazing … we followed a long and winding trail along the side of a mountain, thousands of meters above 揚子江 (the Yangtze River, the longest in China and third longest in the world) and parallel to 哈巴雪山 (a famous snow mountain here in Yunnan).
Photos will follow when I finally get a solid Internet connection (or when I finally stay still for a few days). For now, though, I’m off to Lugu Hu, a big lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, for the next three days!
January 31st, 2007 at 1:50 am EST
wow how beautiful! thats an amazing picture!
January 31st, 2007 at 2:48 am EST
i see that you have de-bearded yourself…
January 31st, 2007 at 8:34 am EST
Yeah, and I’m about to de-hair myself too …
January 31st, 2007 at 9:14 am EST
what?!
January 31st, 2007 at 11:28 am EST
just buy a big bottle of NAIR. should do the trick.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:45 pm EST
Ancient Chinese secret “Burning towel remove much hair, fast!”…..
January 31st, 2007 at 10:24 pm EST
I wanna travel I wanna travel I wanna travel I wanna travel I wanna travel! (repeat ad naseum and you have my subconscious) Another time/ I can’t believe I’m going to leave China AGAIN with out going to Xinjiang/
And I find the above comments vaguelly disturbing/
February 1st, 2007 at 3:07 am EST
You look robust, Lance. And bigger than I remember you. All that Chinese food making you a man’s man? You know, eating crispy arachnids and whatnot.
February 1st, 2007 at 4:03 am EST
Which of these awesome creations in this picture do you think a MOM considers to be God’s best work? Love you Lance, MOM
February 1st, 2007 at 9:47 pm EST
You should make a “Where’s Webel?” map and post your progress. China’s a big place and it sounds like you are doing your best to see every square inch of it!! Way to go!
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:23 am EST
i REALLY like this idea. to most of us, the places you are going are all just a bunch of funny sounding names. if you put them all as dots on a map, maybe with dotted lines between them, then we could click on each dot to see your travels. then again, maybe that would be too much work…
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:01 pm EST
Yeah, great idea, but a lot of work. I’ll see if I can whip up something simple during one of my upcoming 12 hour bus rides.
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:26 pm EST
Before you do that, send me a simple e-mail….please! MOM (See HP’s suggestion)
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:36 am EST
which suggestion is that? the one about the NAIR?