Late lunch at a very local cured pork and black chicken hotpot charcoal heated in Lijiang. The beanpaste fried bun is so nice. The seaweed and prickles appetiser are good too.
The plum wine is pretty strong at 25%. Those that they made os 40 plus percent which are stronger!
So flavourful esp it is charcoal heated.
Lijiang Qian Gu Qing (丽江千古情), also known as Lijiang Romance Park, is a massive immersive cultural theme park
Checked into our beautiful hotel DuoFu Resort (Lijiang Ancient City South Gate)
There is self service washing machine and dryer. It is in the gym and game room. Exercise a bit while waiting? They should put a TV here instead.
Our hotel is at the South Gate and there are plenty of snacks nearby. Love the fresh milk but not the coffee. The convenient store boss highly recommend their Highlands potato chips. However the back door leading to the street will be locked at 9.30pm
Nice restaurant opposite our hotel Dia Shi Ke 滇食客. The crispy pork is very good. The snow mountain is fresh and soft but many bones.
Cute dogs along the street
Day 9
Breakfast in the hotel.
Our hotel is conveniently located in Lijiang old town. The back door leading direct to the streets of old town and is so quiet in the morning. One of the breakfast stall opens at 5am! Hubby even managed to buy a hat for 40 RMB.
My first horse riding at Yu Hu Village 玉湖村
After tea appreciation, we were treated to grilled potatoes. Very organic potatoes grown by the villagers.
Yunnan impression show.
Our driver cum guide said the food here is touristy and not nice
So we ate KFC. Only 3 pieces of original left and they don't have coleslaw.
Photo by photographer. Riding on the yak at Blue moon lake.
Best noodle soup we have taken. Accordingly to the shop they have started boiling the soup simce 2am. Simply delicious. Jiu Ge guo qiao. 九哥过桥米线Mee Xian
Best noodle soup we have taken. Accordingly to the shop theg have started boiling the soupsimce 2am. Simply delicious. Jiu Ge guo qiao. 九哥过桥米线Mee Xian.
We walked across to the pigsty cafe just opposite Jiu Ge Mian Xian. It is so called cos there is a pig here! The tiramisu is so good. Creamy and not too sweet. The truffle fries and caramel Macchiato are so very good too. Just opposite Jiu Ge cross bridge mee xian.
Beautiful walking streets of Lijiang. You will need Amap to direct you.
Very tempted to buy the rocks.
The dog is gigantic!
Day 10
Morning breakfast in the hotel. There was a power trip and the coffee machine was not working.
Photo shoot in Bai Sha by Mu Qing photography.
Finally saw the blue sky. There are so.many goats here.
My photographer is Hai Ge 海哥哥 from Qing Mu Photography 清木摄影in Baisha. Highly recommend Qing Mu Photography 清木摄影. You have to book in advance. 17327299360 Wechat id z-t031203.
Hubby solo photography by Wu 小吴。
Couple shots
Baisha ancient town is equallycrowded.
Awesome lunch in Baisha ancient town at Yun Wei Ji 云味集Love the Dai fried Tapila, Tibetan Braised pork and Naxi brinjal with french beans
The Mu Fu Mansion (木府) in Lijiang served as the administrative headquarters and palace for the hereditary Mu Tusi who ruled the Naxi people for nearly 470 years across the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. It is celebrated as Lijiang's "Forbidden City".
Bought a dictionary of the Dongba Tomba of the Naxi people, even older than the Oracle bone script. Oldest form of Chinese writing. The staff helped to write hubby's name and good fortune 好运常来in the Dongba symbol on thr booklet made of paper by the Naxi.
At a small cafe at Lijiang Mitang 蜜糖。Very cosy and the barister introduced hubby the roast. Their house cat is so chubby! Hubby took the hand roast yunnan boutique coffee and I took the osmanthus rice wine latte. Tiramisu not as good aa the Pigsty cafe.
Lovely streets of Lijiang. I had to use Amap to help me navigate.
Dinner at Yue Wei xian 粤味鲜餐厅。Decided to try Cantonese cuisine. Ordered the Shenjing roasted goose and roasted pigeon with fried beef kway. Just average though hubby loves the crispy pigeon. They served water chestnut drink instead of tea.
Streets of Lijiang is the prettiest.
Decided to eat our last late dinner at Lijiang Ye Mao 夜猫restaurant near our hotel as we did not eat much at the Cantoness restaurant earlier. Ordered the Naxi Bean which is actually snow peas. The Gong Po chicken is diced into very small bits but nice. Just not used to their fried rice and bamboo rice which I find very sticky.
