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Dreamland – Lijiang: A Talking Comic Travel Guide Prologue: When Lijiang Takes Root in Your Heart Some places leave a mark on you forever. They're like an old song on repeat, suddenly playing in your mind on an ordinary afternoon. For me, Lijiang is that…

A 9-Day Yunnan Journey: From Lijiang to Dali to Tengchong – A Trip Toward Self-Reconciliation Some say travel is simply going from a place you're tired of to a place other people are tired of. It stings to hear, but it's painfully true. Yet there's…

Cloud Travelogue · Dali of Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon: A Three-Day, Two-Night Journey of a Free Spirit I am a cultured female foodie with a touch of rogue charm. I slung on my backpack, took my lover's hand, and set off on a spontaneous…

Body in Hell, Heart in Heaven: A Pilgrimage Through Tiger Leaping Gorge — A Dialogue Between Heaven and Earth Introduction: When the Gorge Splits Open Beneath Your Feet Some say Tiger Leaping Gorge is the closest place on Earth to the border between "hell" and…

Two Girls' Graduation Trip: Dali and Shuanglang – A Poetic Farewell to Mountains and Sea Preface: Catching the Tail of Youth, Heading South During our senior year of college, my roommate and I – two girls studying in Beijing – decided to bid farewell to…