Date
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May 10/ Monday
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May 11/ Tuesday
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May 12/ Wednesday
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May 13/ Thursday
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May 14/Friday
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AM
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Shanghai Hongqiao - Lijiang
FM9451 (08:40-13:30)
(20km, ½ hour drive)
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Breakfast at hotel
Tiger Leaping Gorge
(80km, 2 hours drive)
Stop at Yangtze River for an over look view of the river.
Hiking to the Upper Gorge (~1,850m )
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Breakfast at hotel
Zhangfei Hope Primary school at Yongsheng County
(80km, 2 hours drive)
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Help painting their classrooms
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Plant tree
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Paint a mural
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Breakfast at hotel
Leave for Jade Dragon Mountain
(15km, ½ hour drive)
Cable car of Yak Meadow (~3,800m)
(1 hour drive from parking lot to the cable car)
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Breakfast at hotel
Check out
Elephant Hill and/or TNC sponsored project - help local farmers install energy-saving oven
Drive to Airport
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Lunch
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Lunch on the plane
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Tibetan restaurant
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Lunch at school
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Packed lunch
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KFC lunch box
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PM
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Explore Lijiang Old Town while getting adjusted to the altitude (~2,420m).
Visit “The Nature Conservancy (TNC)” office at Lijiang
Wangu Tower - bird’s eye view of Lijiang Old Town
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Lashi Lake (~2473m) –
(70km, 2 hours drive)
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Horse Riding
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Boating
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archery
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Help local peasants
do some farming or field work
Back to the school:
Drive back to Lijiang
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At Lijiang Old Town
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Naxi pictograph and Dongba culture at Dongba Museum
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Lijiang – Shanghai Hongqiao
FM9452 (14:15-18:35)
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Dinner
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Dinner at Mishi
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Traditional Hotpot
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Naxi family cafe
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BBQ dinner
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Eve-
ning
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Enjoy the night market of Lijiang Old Town
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Dongba bell workshop (hotel meeting room)
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Stargazing or Shopping in old town
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Bonfire Party at Wenlongge
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Hotel, City
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Hansange Hotel
Lijiang
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Hansange Hotel
Lijiang
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Hansange Hotel
Lijiang
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Hansange Hotel
Lijiang
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