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| Hiking day ! |
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| Weather isn't too good today ... |
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| Some of our companions spoke Chinese, but that didn't help finding our route :( |
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| At least, the landscape is great |
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| And we finally arrived at the first village we had planned to cross |
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| We'll stay here for the night, it looks really cosy :) |
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| Second day. Fog is still there, we hope to see something today. |
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| Grrrr. not getting better, is it ? |
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| Actually, clouds are moving up, but we are climbing up too, so we always ahve our heads in the clouds ... |
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| We don't see much, but what we see looks great |
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| Not a sweat ! |
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| Climbing up and up |
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| These are really noisy and they're big |
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| Is it finally clearing up a bit ? |
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| There is our tea break ! |
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| Locals have arranged a nice garden here |
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| Folded rock layers |
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| Looks safe here |
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| Here we stop for lunch |
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| Start the problems |
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| Crossing a waterfall isn't easy, but locals have managed to add more challenge. |
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| They use pipes along the mountain to carry water. but when these break, they can create dangerous situations, especially since our path is quite narrow at times |
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| If you go fast enough, you don't get completely wet, but you take more risk to slip down the cliff ... |
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| Natural obstacles look easier, but are very slippery too |
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| The previous broken pipe, from further. Another annoying thing is all these electric cables ruining the landscape. |
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| Don't fall ! |
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| We finally reached our goal. Good, because further might have been more dangerous. |
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| At the hostel, the lady presented the bill on this abacus. |
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| Third day, we take a cab down the hill to reach Chao Tou |
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| From Chao Tou, we took another bus to Lijiang |
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