Northern Gateway of the Hidden Sanctuary
We were faced with the kind of dilemma that die-hard travelers are loathe to accept: a long weekend break from work and no place to go.
The especially challenging thing about the long-weekend-from-work when you live in the northern climes is that in the dead of winter anywhere warm is too far to travel in 3 days and anywhere nearby you’ve either A) been to already or B) you don’t fancy turning to an icicle while all other intelligent life-forms hunker ...
DetailsThe Hidden Sanctuary: Part 2
Groggy and caffeine-deprived and bobbing around on the bus I didn’t know until we had arrived that we were destined for Jiu Long Shan—Nine Dragon Mountain. Once I heard the name I perked up immediately.
It was my second sojourn into Ji Xian Tianjin’s North County a sprawling patch of countryside and mountain sanctuary that lies almost hidden between the urban meccas of Beijing and Tianjin. Ji Xian’s natural embroidery boasts inexhaustible finery including 8 mountain peaks a long slithering portion ...
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