Lijiang Old Town - iCame, iSaw, iPuked

The road stretched from Lugu Lake to Lijiang is definitely one of my favorite, the view along the road was jaw dropping, from layered mountain range to the mighty Jinsha River, and it’s turquoise!! 

Turquoise Jinsha River

My Lijiang host, KaiYang picked me up at the bus station to have an appropriate dinner together, finally! I got messed up appetite during my times in Lugu Lake, sometimes I ate, but most of the time I couldn’t eat, I survived from crackers and hellish bread. It’s about time to take its toll on me. 

KaiYang is a typical proud Chinese, but an educated, mature and reasonable one, so it’s nice to see China nowadays through her eyes. Not like some youngsters I met that unsatisfied bout the government, but do nothing but complain and being pessimistic, she accepts any situation with big heart, optimist bout the future, and do something most important, provide better education for the children. Every country would have better future if have more people like her :)

Lijiang GuCheng (Old Town) is beautiful in every corners, but somehow it feels fake, Oppsy...Like a gorgeous actress with plastic surgery, it’s too perfectly commercialized with throngs of people visiting everyday. But you can always take sweet escape to more quite lanes, lots of alleys that will amaze and amuse you. I walked around for hours but still can always find alleys I’ve never passed before. There was pretty bad draught during my visit there, and Mike-my Lugu Lake dorm buddy, told me not to spend my dime on Black Dragon Pool, which admission 80Yuan and no water in the pool at that time, so we can’t see the reflection of Yulong Xue Shan (Dragon Jade Snow Mountain) that become one of the must picture spot of Lijiang.

Roofs of Lijiang

YuLong XueShan

Not long after had a scrumptious brunch set of toast, sunny side eggs, hashbrown and bacon, I started to feel my upset belly. Feeling about to throw up is absolutely annoying, being disoriented and I couldn’t even think of how to get my way out of the old town, so I just let myself being ‘tortured’ among a bunch of Naxi old ladies dancing at the square. I’d probably join them dancing in circle if I didn’t feel that sick. Finally I made up my mind to drag my feet out of the old town, but only in one two steps, I threw up…at the most crowded square of Lijiang! It was such a big relief and I could think again in seconds, but dang! I still had no idea which way to go out of there. But then I remember KaiYang told me that Yulong Xue Shan is at the north and her place is at the south, so I followed my own shadow heading to south till I got to the street and caught the bus back to my couch. I spent the next day resting and doing nothing. It’d be totally suck being sick and alone at guesthouse, so I was still grateful that I had a host, a very nice and care one indeed.

Postcard from Jasmine