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Magical visit with the bears
Today we went to the sanctuary, without doubt the absolute highlight of the trip and such a huge privilege! It was just wonderful to meet the bears and some of the dogs and cats, and be guided through the sanctuary … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals Asia China trek 2011, Chengdu, Jill Robinson, Moon bears
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Day 7 Off to to see the bears …
Maren writes … “We had the morning and early afternoon at leisure in Lijiang today. We all went shopping in the beautiful old town and some of us also took advantage of the hotel spa to relax our tired muscles. … Continue reading
Day 6 Back to Lijiang
After a fantastic special meal last night and a chilled out evening at Lugu Lake we transferred back to Lijiang by bus, which should have been a seven- hour journey but actually took all day due to what seemed like … Continue reading
Day 5 Goodbye to our horses
Today, we set off about 8.15am. The rain made it more challenging than it would have been otherwise so most of us went down on our bums at some point. After over eight-hours solid trekking we were met by the … Continue reading
Day 4
It was a late start this morning with breakfast at 8.15am in Fenglian, then, after a short truck ride, we crossed a river by ferry. But after that, the morning became significantly more challenging – all uphill and due to the … Continue reading
Day 3 Dogs and english trekkers!
Today was a late start and fairly easy compared to the last two days. Although yesterday was a really tough day and the toughest physical challenge so far, we’re all glad we did it. Today, we stopped in a village, … Continue reading
Day 2: Dizzying heights
Today was the hardest day of the trek. We set off at 7.30am to climb and scramble up the narrowest mountain paths. It was pretty scary at times with no real path, just a deep drop on one side and … Continue reading
A bottle of beer
A quick update from Maren “Our first afternoon trekking took us up and down steep mountain paths, through some stunning scenery, to Rock City. We arrived in the dark after a difficult first day. The first thing we all needed when … Continue reading
Shanghai hospitality
Maren Dallmann writes … ‘Here we are in Shanghai, and some of us took the opportunity this morning to take a taxi ride into the centre of the city, this was an experience in itself! We took the ferry across … Continue reading
Walking boots at the ready …
Good luck to all our amazing China trekkers: Anna, Deborah, Jo, Kaitlyn, Kate, Linda, Maren, Mike, Oliver, Sonya and Tracie, who will be setting off trekking for Animals Asia on 19 October, and we will be following their progress on … Continue reading