Walnut Garden – Tiger Leaping Gorge

One of the most eviscerating, all-out, no-holds-barred duels to the death I had encountered on wikitravel.org described the path to…

Down Tiger Leaping Gorge

Going down seems like it would be easier than up. That’s the hope that keeps you going up in the…

Temperatures dipped to freezing at night—at least freezing for a Californian. I was suddenly glad I brought the heavy jacket,…

During dinner and breakfast I set up the GH2 to record the sunset and sunrise. Not that we saw either,…

Alain (the “You made it!” Frenchman) had left for Tiger Leaping Gorge the day before. Maya, with her fear of…

The first night we ate at a mediocre restaurant, at which two of our party (Maya and Ezra) wisely decided…

Maya followed our advice and joined us on the ‘big bus’ this time for a few kuai more (which I…

At first I thought Maya and Ezra were a couple because they had recently graduated from the same med school…

The plan was to take the cable car up the mountain, hike a bit, and ride back down. Only problem,…

Yes, I went with the most obvious pun. But if you pronounce it like “Dolly” no Chinese person will know…