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Lijiang Is Still Lijiang, But I Am No Longer Who I Was Some places you return to again and again—not for the scenery, but to see how much you've changed. For me, Lijiang is that kind of place. It's like a mirror that never lies.

A Solo Journey to Yunnan: Shuanglang Chapter — Meeting Your Truest Self by the Erhai Lake Introduction: When a Dream Finally Becomes Reality Some say Yunnan is a place meant for solo travelers. It took me three full years to truly understand that. Two years…

Xishuangbanna Self-Drive Tour: Into the Tropical Wonderland at the Edge of the Sky (Complete Guide) Introduction: A Dream Fulfilled Thirty Years Early Some journeys are destined to happen at a specific moment in time. For me, a self-drive trip to Xishuangbanna was originally the first…

Walking Yunnan — A 23-Day Solo Journey, A Pilgrimage of Faith Foreword: That Lonely Planet and a Long-Planned Escape In the winter of 2011, Songjiang, Shanghai was bone-chillingly cold. I huddled in a corner of my dorm room after lights-out, covered in hand warmers, clutching…

Let the Knight's Soul Take Flight in Shuanglang Prologue: Yunnan, a Journey of the Soul Some places, once you set foot in them, take root in your heart and grow. Yunnan is that kind of place for me. Two years ago, I set foot on…