tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9406385.post7566874244235450959..comments2024-03-12T23:17:02.558+11:00Comments on In the footsteps of Joseph Rock <br>重走洛克路: China is closed so I went to Nepal in the footseps of Bill Tillmanmutikonkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013127024190330396noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9406385.post-13383501382555486042023-03-14T23:35:00.637+11:002023-03-14T23:35:00.637+11:00Thanks James - yes hope to be back in Yunnan soonThanks James - yes hope to be back in Yunnan soonmutikonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013127024190330396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9406385.post-44991292639257085442023-03-06T15:11:33.476+11:002023-03-06T15:11:33.476+11:00"A lot of them were just wankers with their t..."A lot of them were just wankers with their trekking poles and flash gear, bashing along to a strict itinerary"<br />Brilliant. Reminds me of my reaction to crowds of trekkers in Patagonia, after previously only having trekked in remote China a bit like you. <br /><br />I hope you'll be back to China soon. I'm moving to Vietnam myself, thinking about making trips from there to Yunnan.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03283788685536290815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9406385.post-35195651730794058222023-01-21T00:51:01.823+11:002023-01-21T00:51:01.823+11:00As far as I can tell China’s open again, with the ...As far as I can tell China’s open again, with the internal covid checking systems (like Lijiang Old Town’s metro-style green code barriers that for some reason never accepted a foreigner’s green code) largely abandoned overnight. <br /><br />Looking forward to seeing the blogging fruits of your next trip, if so! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264604998195185784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9406385.post-15511511734976960932022-09-30T19:08:06.442+10:002022-09-30T19:08:06.442+10:00As a hiker from China, it's totally a disaster...As a hiker from China, it's totally a disaster for this National Holiday; all high-altitude areas like Tibet, Sichuan, and Xinjiang are still under lockdown, and people from other provinces still find it very difficult to travel there unless you have enough time and patience to cope with the stupid zero-tolerance policy. Meanwhile, the other area that hikers can go to is Yunnan, but hikers are forced to quarantine just because there are few so-called closed contacts. Your last paragraph is so accurate, and it seems like they will insist on this zero COVID policy until Xi dies.6BladeKnifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274399654467004452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9406385.post-5434231754185453532022-07-05T21:23:52.612+10:002022-07-05T21:23:52.612+10:00Yes reading it back I do sound a bit grumpy. But N...Yes reading it back I do sound a bit grumpy. But Nepal does remind me of Dali when I visited there in 1991 - Jim's Peace Cafe was about the only place in town!mutikonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013127024190330396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9406385.post-56212986973567146162022-05-18T04:33:24.027+10:002022-05-18T04:33:24.027+10:00Your third paragraph pretty accurately describes t...Your third paragraph pretty accurately describes the scene in Dali, Yunnan circa 1990/1991. Unfriendly "travelers" (hippie trustafarians, more likely) who'd co-opted a section of the city so they could always have access to their muesli, french fries and pizza. Glad you were able to travel and trek though -- it's going to be a while yet before we can get back to China without wagons of red tape.OldTastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011497253393290233noreply@blogger.com