Trip Reports & Photos archives: February 2018

  1. Unveiling the Buddha at Labrang Monastery, 2018/02

    ‘Unveiling the Buddha’ at Labrang Monastery, 2018/02

    Photos from a trip to Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu Province—grassland hiking, Tibetan culture, and the annual unveiling of the huge Buddha tapestry at Labrang Monastery.
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  2. Stone Valley Great Wall Loop, 201802/21

    Stone Valley Great Wall Loop, 2018/02/21

    We had lovely blue skies on this walk on the Great Wall at Stone Valley, and we had the wall all to ourselves—see 25 photos.
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  3. Longqingxia Ice Festival and Tang Dynasty Caves, 201802/20

    Longqingxia Ice Festival and Tang Dynasty Caves, 2018/02/20

    See 30 photos from a trip where we took a look around the Tang Dynasty Caves at Guyaju before heading on to the Longqingxia Ice Festival.
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  4. Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall, 2018/02/19

    Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall, 2018/02/19

    Take a look at 15 photos from a hike from Jiankou to the Mutianyu Great Wall.
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  5. CNY Overnight Yu County’s Ancient Walled Towns and Fireworks of Molten Iron, 2018/02/18

    Yu County overnight for Chinese New Year, February 2018

    30+ photos from our Chinese New Year visit to Yu County—street performances, dashuhua, old towns and villages.
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  6. High Rise to Longquanyu Great Wall, 2018/02/17

    High Rise to Longquanyu, 2018/02/17

    See 25 photos from a fun hike that took us up the ‘High Rise’ and then on to the Longquanyu Great Wall.
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  7. White River Ice Hike, 201802/15

    White River Ice Hike, 2018/02/15

    See a set of 26 awesome photos from our last ice hike of 2018.
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  8. Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2018/02/10

    Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2018/02/10

    See 19 photos from a hike on the Great Wall from Gubeikou to Jinshanling.
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  9. White River Ice Hike, 2018/02/01

    White River Ice Hike, 2018/02/01

    See forty of our favourite photos from a weekday walk down the White River.
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