Tour Beijing Journal
Field notes from Beijing and beyond: routes, photos, small cautions, and practical ideas for travelers who like to know the road before they go.
Walking down the rugged hill, tired, but we feel exhilarated with our lucky encounter with Kawagebo Peak. Back to our lodging hotel in Feilaisi around...
Around 3:40 pm, 13 October, we leave the earthly paradise - Pudacuo ( or Potatso 普达措 ), and drive up to the road back to the downtown of Shangri-la an...
Feilaisi (Feilai Temple) Feilaisi (or Feilai Temple), literally "Flying Temple", is an ideal place to view the east faces of the 13 peaks of the Princ...
Around 6:00pm, 11 October, we leave the first checkpoint in the downtown of Mangkang, or Markam (芒康), then branch off National Highway G318 and enter...
ABC of Mangkang Around 3:45 pm after a brief break at the filling station in Xiaqionzhen in BatangCounty (巴塘), we again start up our trip along G318 w...
Give up Yading temporarily due to the unsual weather Today is 11 October, and last night we arrived at Daocheng (稻城) safe and sound, but in pretty low...
At noon, 10 October, we grab some lunch at a raucous Sichuan restaurant in Litang Town The roadside restaurant is swarm with dinners who are just like...
The low elevation of Yajiang (雅江) did give us a good sleep last night. Early this morning, 10 October, we continue our self-drive west along the Natio...
Plan your Chongqing tour? Chongqing is one of the four municipalities in southwestern China. Chongqing boasts rich tourist resources in terms of histo...
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