To Lijiang

Two landslides, one potential landslide and two flat tires for the trip. This by far was our most adventerous city-to-city trip; however it took all day to complete a journey that should only take hours.
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside. The two trucks on the left are setup as a pully system. The dark blue truck is stationary and the light blue truck is doing the pulling. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside. View from the accident site. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside. Men are underneath the truck trying to push it up. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside. View from the accident site. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside.Tom and some British guy we met on the trip to Lijiang coming to take a look at the accident. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang again. Of course we hit more problems in the form of a truck hanging off the mountainside. The two trucks on the left are setup as a pully system. The dark blue truck is stationary and the light blue truck is doing the pulling. Even with the rocks wedged underneath the wheels of the blue truck, the strain still lead to it being dragged. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. I was almost at the bridge when the driver had come back with two new tires. He gave me a lift all the way back to the bus. A little under three hours and we are set to move onward. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. Looks like a giant mushroom! : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. We have been waiting for about an hour now. I am wandering down the valley. You can see the bus in the distance. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Very unstable rock along the valley. The rocks break off into exetremely sharp peices. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. We have been waiting for about an hour now. I am wandering down the valley. You can see the bus in the distance. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. If you look carefully you can see the water color is different. The river above is brown and the joining river is green. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. If you look carefully you can see the water color is different. The river above is brown and the joining river is green. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. I am wandering down the valley. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. Tree on a cliff above us. Looks like totally unstable rock. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from around the broken down bus. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Climbing up to the only shady spot in the area. It was very hot in the valley. : Asia, China, Stacie, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Shade at last! : Asia, China, Stacie, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Shade! Rick and Tom follow suit. : Asia, China, Rick, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. We started the climb down before we started an landslide. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Very unstable rock along the valley. The rocks break off into exetremely sharp peices. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Very unstable rock along the valley. The rocks break off into exetremely sharp peices. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang. Notice the landslide near the truck. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Lunch break on our way to Lijiang. Lost most of the morning at the landside. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Lunch break on our way to Lijiang. Lost most of the morning at the landside. An old dam. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Lunch break on our way to Lijiang. Lost most of the morning at the landside. One of the rear left tires has to be changed. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang
China Lunch break on our way to Lijiang. Lost most of the morning at the landside. Our resturant. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Views from our broken down bus. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. First attempt to get the truck up fails. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Digging continues after the first failure. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang
China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Digging continues after the first failure. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Second attempt to get the truck up the path is a success. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Everyone has to pay 10 Yuan to use the path the peasants build. Capitalism at work. We all walk along the newly built road so that the bus will be lighter. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang
China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Couple of views from around the landslide area. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Couple of views from around the landslide area. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Digging continues. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Couple of views from around the landslide area. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Couple of views from around the landslide area. Our bus. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large land slide blocks our way. Everyone is just waiting. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Couple of views from around the landslide area. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Couple of views from around the landslide area. : Asia, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Digging continues. Almost ready. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. First attempt to get the truck up fails. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang
China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large land slide blocks our way. Nearby peasants began digging a path around the landslide way before we arrived. Half it was completed because of the road that existed, which already heading down hill. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Digging continues. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Digging continues. : Asia, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Asking divers who pass-by for help. : Asia, Bus, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. : Asia, Bus, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. View of the bus from above. : Asia, Bus, China, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch, but we have no luck. Both rear right tires are flat and we do not have any spares left since the change at lunch. : Asia, Bus, China, Mountains, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. By now we have been here awhile. This is why we added more days to our trip to take into account these type of delays. : Asia, China, Maria, Rick, Stacie, Trip to Lijiang
China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. Shade! Rick and Tom follow suit. Rough climb up. : Asia, China, Rick, Trip to Lijiang China Onward to Lijiang after lunch. Two flat tires. We started the climb down before we started an landslide. : Asia, China, Maria, Rick, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Here comes our bus. : Asia, Bus, China, Trip to Lijiang China Attempting to make it to our next town Lijiang. A large landslide blocks our way. Here comes our bus, which is really close to the edge. : Asia, Bus, China, Trip to Lijiang