at first lijiang might just seem like a pretty place with stall after stall of pashminas and dried yak, but tonight lori and i experienced the fun side of lijiang.
at night along one of the creeks there is a row of restaraunts that have club music playing and flashing strobe lights a la mandel bar […]
we’re in lijiang’s old town. it’s the opposite of shanghai. i keep sayign to lori it’s like being in some chinese theme park.
we also got ripped off for the first time (well, at least knowingly). we got in a cab, and after he drove away from the airport told us it would cost 80RMBｔｏ ｇｅｔ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｗｅ ｎｅｅｄｅｄ ｔｏ ｇｏ． ｗｅ ｔｒｉｅｄ ｔｏ ｂａｒｇａｉｎ， ｏｒ ａｔ ｌｅａｓｔ ｐｕｔ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｍｅｔｅｒ， ｂｕｔ ｈｅ ｗａｓｎ＇ｔ ｈａｖｉｎｇ ａｎｙ ｏｆ ｉｔ． ｓｏ ｗｅ ｈａｄ ｔｏ ａｄｍｉｔ ｄｅｆｅａｔ． ｔｈｅ ｇｕｉｄｅ ｂｏｏｋ ｓａｙｓ ｉｔ＇ｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ａ ６０ＲＭＢride, so […]
thanks to baron for fixing my blog. he’s my hero.
too bad i’m now going on a two day hike so will be radio silent. oh well.
so the internet at the hotel won’t let me post to my blog. nothing about the government watching me, but posts just won’t go through. pretty frustrating after writing a great one and then losing it completely. so i’m getting my mom to post them on my behalf.
today lori and i are walking from one […]