Lugu Lake: The Matriarchal Villages on the Sichuan Border
Lugu Lake on the Yunnan and Sichuan border: which village to stay in, dugout canoe trips, Mosuo culture handled with respect, and highland Mosuo dishes to order
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Tengchong: Volcanoes, Hot Springs, and Border History
Tengchong in western Yunnan: the volcano cones, the boiling pools at Rehai, which hot spring to soak in, Heshun caravan town and the November ginkgo
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Karakul Lake Kashgar: Mirrored Cones on the Karakoram Road
Karakul Lake at 3,600 metres near Kashgar: the drive up the Karakoram Highway, staying in a Kyrgyz yurt, altitude and permit notes, and what to eat on the Pamir road
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Hulunbuir Grassland: Inner Mongolia’s Open Steppe
Hulunbuir is a five to seven day driving loop across open steppe, river bends and Russian border villages, and this guide covers the route, seasons and where to sleep
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Jiuxiang Caves Kunming: Karst Passages and Waterfalls
Jiuxiang near Kunming runs about two hours of walkways, an underground boat trip and huge chambers, and it pairs naturally with the Stone Forest in one day
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Mount Hengshan Hunan: The Southern Sacred Peak
Mount Hengshan in Hunan, the southern sacred peak: Nanyue Temple, the cable car to Zhurong Peak, rime ice in winter, and how to get there from Changsha
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Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden: Rainforest Day Trip Guide
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden: the western collections and eastern rainforest, 2024 tickets, how to reach Menglun, best months, and the Dai dishes to eat
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Canton Tower Guangzhou: Observation Decks and Prices
Canton Tower rewards a timed ticket about forty minutes before sunset, and this guide covers the ticket tiers, which upgrade is worth it and what you can actually see
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Xintiandi Shanghai: Stone-Gate Houses Turned Into a Quarter
What Xintiandi really is: shikumen lane houses, what the redevelopment saved and lost, how long to spend there, and why it is worth an hour despite the prices
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Dongting Lake: China’s Second-Largest Freshwater Lake
Dongting Lake in Hunan: the seasonal water cycle, Yueyang Tower and Fan Zhongyan’s essay, Junshan Island yellow tea, wintering birds and lake fish to order
