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Mar 26, 2011, 12:09 pm
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Mar 26, 2011, 1:48 pm
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Sep 6, 2011, 6:32 am
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Lijiang next week, any suggestions for day trips?
I have a few days in Lijiang coming up. Any suggestions for day trips? I will likely rent a car/taxi for each of the full days to take me to various locations. Mandarin not an issue.
I was thinking:
Day 1: AM Flight in, Tour Lijiang (Old town, etc) in PM
Day 2: Full day Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Day 3: Full day trip to Dali and surrounding areas & villages
Day 4: Open to suggestions
Day 5: AM Flight out
Not interested in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Not interested in the touristy stuff either.
I was thinking:
Day 1: AM Flight in, Tour Lijiang (Old town, etc) in PM
Day 2: Full day Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Day 3: Full day trip to Dali and surrounding areas & villages
Day 4: Open to suggestions
Day 5: AM Flight out
Not interested in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Not interested in the touristy stuff either.
Sep 8, 2011, 12:13 am
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I have a few days in Lijiang coming up. Any suggestions for day trips? I will likely rent a car/taxi for each of the full days to take me to various locations. Mandarin not an issue.
I was thinking:
Day 1: AM Flight in, Tour Lijiang (Old town, etc) in PM
Day 2: Full day Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Day 3: Full day trip to Dali and surrounding areas & villages
Day 4: Open to suggestions
Day 5: AM Flight out
Not interested in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Not interested in the touristy stuff either.
I was thinking:
Day 1: AM Flight in, Tour Lijiang (Old town, etc) in PM
Day 2: Full day Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Day 3: Full day trip to Dali and surrounding areas & villages
Day 4: Open to suggestions
Day 5: AM Flight out
Not interested in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Not interested in the touristy stuff either.
I'd suggest maybe pare it down to 2 of the 3.
Sep 9, 2011, 12:36 am
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I have a few days in Lijiang coming up. Any suggestions for day trips? I will likely rent a car/taxi for each of the full days to take me to various locations. Mandarin not an issue.
I was thinking:
Day 1: AM Flight in, Tour Lijiang (Old town, etc) in PM
Day 2: Full day Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Day 3: Full day trip to Dali and surrounding areas & villages
Day 4: Open to suggestions
Day 5: AM Flight out
Not interested in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Not interested in the touristy stuff either.
I was thinking:
Day 1: AM Flight in, Tour Lijiang (Old town, etc) in PM
Day 2: Full day Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking
Day 3: Full day trip to Dali and surrounding areas & villages
Day 4: Open to suggestions
Day 5: AM Flight out
Not interested in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Not interested in the touristy stuff either.
If you plan to day trip Dali by train, be sure to get your ticket as soon as you hit Lijiang. Some times, some train gets sold out quickly. Howevedr, off season may be different.
Difficult to rent car. I tried without success. I ended up hiring an Englsih speaking college student and a private car with driver.
Sep 9, 2011, 2:51 am
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I appreciate the input mnredfox and allset2travel.
I will likely go on a two day hike at TLG, taking up days 2 and 3. Made some arrangements from here in SH.
For day 4 I'll find a driver/taxi to take me around some local areas near Lijiang. Any suggestions as to which direction to head for a day trip? Local villages and culture are the goal. Others tell me there is not much along the way to Dali, which is what i had originally though to do.
I think we'll skip JDSM simply because other than a mountain with great views, there doesn't seem to be much else up there.
I will likely go on a two day hike at TLG, taking up days 2 and 3. Made some arrangements from here in SH.
For day 4 I'll find a driver/taxi to take me around some local areas near Lijiang. Any suggestions as to which direction to head for a day trip? Local villages and culture are the goal. Others tell me there is not much along the way to Dali, which is what i had originally though to do.
I think we'll skip JDSM simply because other than a mountain with great views, there doesn't seem to be much else up there.
Sep 10, 2011, 7:12 pm
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Yes, the TLG is a must. It's something so far I haven't been to sadly, but is on the top of my list!
Sep 11, 2011, 4:56 am
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Sep 11, 2011, 11:56 pm
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Sep 21, 2011, 2:17 pm
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It looks like part of my family will be flying to Lijiang in February (my grandfather was from Baisha) and I'm having trouble finding reasonable flights.
I can enter/exit China at PVG, PEK or HKG... but the domestic flight options are confusing. I haven't found any direct flights to LJG from those 3 airports. Am I missing a good alternative to a connection in KMG?
I will be an AA EXP with access to both SWUs (free upgrades BOS>PVG/PEK) and AA miles (for HKG/KMG). It's far enough out that I could also assemble limited mileage in another US based program if UA or DL miles would be useful.
If I have to take MU or MU/KA to get to LJG is there a good site to book those flights, and would DL miles be useable?
I can enter/exit China at PVG, PEK or HKG... but the domestic flight options are confusing. I haven't found any direct flights to LJG from those 3 airports. Am I missing a good alternative to a connection in KMG?
I will be an AA EXP with access to both SWUs (free upgrades BOS>PVG/PEK) and AA miles (for HKG/KMG). It's far enough out that I could also assemble limited mileage in another US based program if UA or DL miles would be useful.
If I have to take MU or MU/KA to get to LJG is there a good site to book those flights, and would DL miles be useable?
Last edited by Ambraciot; Sep 21, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Sep 21, 2011, 6:27 pm
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It looks like part of my family will be flying to Lijiang in February (my grandfather was from Baisha) and I'm having trouble finding reasonable flights.
I can enter/exit China at PVG, PEK or HKG... but the domestic flight options are confusing. I haven't found any direct flights to LJG from those 3 airports. Am I missing a good alternative to a connection in KMG?
I will be an AA EXP with access to both SWUs (free upgrades BOS>PVG/PEK) and AA miles (for HKG/KMG). It's far enough out that I could also assemble limited mileage in another US based program if UA or DL miles would be useful.
If I have to take MU or MU/KA to get to LJG is there a good site to book those flights, and would DL miles be useable?
I can enter/exit China at PVG, PEK or HKG... but the domestic flight options are confusing. I haven't found any direct flights to LJG from those 3 airports. Am I missing a good alternative to a connection in KMG?
I will be an AA EXP with access to both SWUs (free upgrades BOS>PVG/PEK) and AA miles (for HKG/KMG). It's far enough out that I could also assemble limited mileage in another US based program if UA or DL miles would be useful.
If I have to take MU or MU/KA to get to LJG is there a good site to book those flights, and would DL miles be useable?
If I were in your shoes, I'd try to use miles to get all the way to Kunming or Chongqing via HKG.
Sep 21, 2011, 7:43 pm
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There used to be (very expensive) direct flights to Lijiang from both PEK and SHA, but these no longer appear on the LJG wiki.
If I were in your shoes, I'd try to use miles to get all the way to Kunming or Chongqing via HKG.
If I were in your shoes, I'd try to use miles to get all the way to Kunming or Chongqing via HKG.
Is there a good way to book the MU/CZ domestic flights to LJG? Unfortunately I never learned Chinese.
Since they're both in Skyteam now, shouldn't DL miles be redeemable and a good value? Will I be able to find business class seats on any of the MU/CZ flights to or from KMG?