Tiger leaping Gorge, China, June 2016

Dag 27 Lijiang til Shangri-la via Tiger kløften. 255 km

Vi kørte fra vores hyggelige hotel kl ca. 9.30, efter at Louis havde brugt 45 min. på at få sin bil ud.

                                             Our cute hotel - Vores hyggelig hotel

Først kørte vi en omvej på 60 km, inden vi kom på rette spor, på vej mod Tiger kløften. “Tiger kløften” er en fantastisk flot kløft ved Jinsha floden. Vi kørte til den laveste udkigspost, hvor man kunne se floden og bjergene. Virkelig smukt.

                                                       Tiger leaping Gorge - Tiger kløften

Desværre kunne Michael ikke gå med, da han i dag har ondt i ryggen. Tiger kløften har fået sit navn, fordi man har et folkesagn, om en tiger som hoppede fra sten til sten i kløften. Vi kørte fra Tiger kløften og valgte igen den forkerte vej, men sikke en oplevelse, for det var igen rigtig bjergkørsel og smuk udsigt.

                                                Beautiful mountains - Flotte bjerge

Endelig kom vi på rette spor og kørte til Shangri-la. Vi kørte direkte til hotellet, så Michael kunne få massage.

Vi slappede af og spiste vores aftensmad på hotellet.

I bilen i dag, snakkede vi sådan generelt om Kina med vores guide ”Lee Ying Ying” og fandt ud af flg. facts. Man kan ikke eje jord her i Kina, staten ejer al jord, man har lov til at bruge og bygge på et lille stykke jord. Hvis man bor mere end 70 år, skal man søge om at beholde det stykke jord. Hvis man vil have mere jord at dyrke, skal man søge tilladelse til det og betale leje til staten. Man betaler selv til pension, der er ingen offentlig pension. Skole gang indtil 9 klasse er gratis. 

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11th June, distance 255 km, driving time 6 hours.

Left our hotel at 9.30 am, after Louis spent 45 min trying to back his car out.

We had a long day ahead, as we were going to drive to Shangri-la. (Top of the world).

We first missed our turnoff and had to drive 60 km extra. We then drove through some fantastic mountain roads. It was a pleasure to drive on these well build and fantastic roads, even though they were only 2 way.

 If you did not want to walk down, you could be carried. - Hvis du ikke ville gå ned, kunne man blive båret

Our first stop ,was at the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Where apparently the myth is, that a tiger was seen leaping from stone to stone. What ever, I enjoyed the drive up here and since my back was playing up, I let the other tourists walk down to the gorge and burn a few calories.

We had pizza for lunch, which was crap.

                   The road without any form of railing - Vejen uden nogen afskærmning

On the way to Shangri-la, we first drove the wrong way again, for about 20 km, this was again a very narrow steep road, going up the mountains, and we had to turn around, with almost no place to do so. The drive up the mountains, was a fantastic experience. It was a bit misty, as we passed the clouds, and we soon reached the top of the mountains.

Spectacular views and shitty toilets.

The Chinese have spent all their money on building roads.

                                              Nelson and friends - Nelson og hans venner

Meet a Chinese dude called Nelson, who invited us to play golf with him in Beijing. Reached the hotel 5 pm, and I went straight to the spa to have a massage.

indtil 9 klasse er gratis.