Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
It was coming to around 2:30PM when we left Yuhu Village, and we headed to the Black Dragon Pool next. This pool is apparently the water source for the very nearby Lijiang Old Town, and many visitors would include a
We left the city of Dali on Day 03 this morning. Our driver picked us up and began the 2.5-hour drive to Lijiang, where we were met by our guide — Ah Luo — for the next two days. This
Leaving Shuanglang Ancient Town, our next stop was Little Putuo Island: a positively tiny island at just 20 sqm but with a small temple on it. The temple is accessible by a small boat that one has to pay a
It was a good idea for us to have lunch at Xizhou Ancient Town: the town was laid back and quiet, compared to the very bustling — and clearly touristy — Shuanglang Ancient Town. The town was a 40-minute drive
Our assigned pair of driver and tour guide picked us up at Z Hotel this morning punctually at 9AM and we formally started our 13-day private tour with Windhorse Tour of the two provinces, Yunnan and Sichuan. The planned itinerary
Day 01 of our 21-day trip to Yunnan and Western Sichuan has just started. Random notes and comments! Our start point of this trip is Dali, which if one considers linear distance isn’t that far from Singapore actually. The entire
We’re just about a week away from traveling for our year-end holiday to Yunnan–Western Sichuan, so it’s about time to write an update post on our preparation for the trip. Random notes and comments in no particular order of importance!
We worked out in June the broad plan for our year-end vacation in China. Basically, we’d cover the Yunnan and also Western Sichuan areas for two weeks, and in the third week we’d visit Jiuzhaigou Valley on our own and
I’m writing this onboard the flight back home from Nagoya to Singapore, SQ671. The flight took off at 10:42AM and should be arriving home slightly earlier at 3:45PM than the scheduled arrival time of 4PM Singapore time, with a just-under
My second visit to Shirakawa-go, with the first during winter in December 2022. I guess the most important question is: is the village worth a second visit in a different season? I reckon if you’re in Gifu or Aichi Prefecture,
Takayama was another 1 hr 20 minutes drive from Gujo Hachiman. We’d stayed in Takayama for two nights during the 2022 trip, largely as a springboard for us to visit Shirakawa-Go and also the Hida Takayama Village. I’d initially thought
One of the places that we really wanted to visit during our Japan 2022 trip was Gujo Hachiman. This small riverside town is situated in Gifu Prefecture, about 1.5 hours away from Nagoya. The rural town is visited particularly for
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