After a long and windy bus ride from Lijianng, we’ve arrived at our guesthouse in Shangri-La (香格里拉). We’ll spend two days here before moving to a Tibetan village. We spent the night eating hot pot and shopping, and a great time was had by all! 再见 for now!
Here are some pictures from Nan Yao Cun and its surrounds before we leave on our expedition. Enjoy!
On this trip, the journey is the destination! Due to the rainy weather conditions, we will not be going to Tiger Leaping Gorge–a portion of the park is closed. Instead, we will be going to Shangri-La early, with an added excursion from a Tibetan village. We’ll still have very limited Read more…
We’re wrapping up our two-week stay in 南尧村 and will be beginning our week-long expedition phase this Saturday. During this time, we will be hiking up Tiger Leaping Gorge, visiting the old town of Shangri-La, and staying in a traditional Tibetan village. We’ll have more internet access when we get Read more…
Hello from the village of 南尧村! Here are some of the things we’ve been doing these past few days: Picking up trash at our village’s water source Biking across the lake of 拉市海 to a monastery and playing soccer with the monks Listening to presentations by students and instructors about Read more…
Hello from the peaceful village of Nan Yao Cun! Internet access here is very limited. We’ll be here until July 18 before setting off on a week-long expedtion. We’ll arrive in Kunming probably on the 26th.
Hello from Kunming! Due to the limited internet access, most of the posts will be uploaded at the end of the trip. We have just finished our three-day orientation in Beijing and will leave by overnight train to Lijiang, which is located in Yunnan Province. We will spend two weeks Read more…
Today, I embark on a six-week expedition to the Middle Kingdom. It is a trip where we will leave our old lives behind us, and assume new identities while wandering through China. I wanted to share the following quote with you. It is by Anaïs Nin, a Cuban/French author: We Read more…
Bags packed and I’m ready for the 26-hour journey to Beijing (北京)! See you in six weeks, America!
While most of the group had left on the flight back to New York, I carried on the trip by staying in Hong Kong for less than 48 hours. I visited my old school, picked up pastries at the Mandarin Oriental’s cake shop, and did other routine things I used Read more…