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With their gorgeous traditional naxi clay roofs and stone courtyards, the 55 villas at the Banyan Tree resort, banyantree.com, have become the ne plus ultra of accommodation in mountainous Lijiang, a historic southwestern Chinese town and designated World Heritage Site. Red lacquered woods and heated private plunge pools are among the highlights of these expansive, 350-sq-m houses, pictured above, and all have unobstructed views of Himalayan peaks and grazing buffalo. If that doesn't satiate your appetite for exotic luxury, then you can get a second helping at the Banyan Tree Ringha, a sister property four hours' drive...
With their gorgeous traditional naxi clay roofs and stone courtyards, the 55 villas at the banyan tree resort, banyantree.com, have become the ne plus ultra of accommodation in mountainous Lijiang, a historic southwestern Chinese town and designated World Heritage Site.[an error occurred while processing this directive] Red lacquered woods and heated private plunge pools are among the highlights of these expansive, 350-sq-m houses, pictured above, and all have unobstructed views of Himalayan peaks and grazing buffalo...
...13th centuries A.D., these works of art, some of which show signs of Greek influence, depict everything from musical instruments to a dazzling pantheon of deities. If the caves get too stuffy, local guides can arrange for dune surfing and paragliding trips to a nearby oasis called Crescent Lake. LIJIANG This attractive little town of traditional stone buildings in the heart of southwestern Yunnan province has been popular with backpackers since the early 1990s, and was designated a unesco World Heritage Site in 1997. Tourism has developed at breakneck speed, but what the town has lost in backwater charm...
...Yunnan's most highly trafficked areas have not achieved this balance, but a number of small-scale projects are making worthy efforts. Near Lijiang, TNC-trained locals offer bird-watching tours at the lake they once fished. In Wenhai, TNC helped build an "ecolodge" for hikers, which boasts "biogas" (methane) stoves and solar-heated water...
...more, the festival was the brainchild of Cui Jian--rarely mentioned in the Western press without his Homeric epithet, Godfather of Chinese Rock--whom authorities view as a crypto-dissident. Many of Cui's previous shows had been canceled. But this time organizers enlisted local and provincial authorities, including Lijiang's powerful tourism administration, as sponsors...