City girl moves to the Chinese countryside.
Oh, the things she will learn.

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Hiking China: Yellow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge

By Suzanne Ma for the Associated Press Updated:10:59 a.m., Wednesday, January 12, 2011 HUANGSHAN, China — For first-time visitors to China, Beijing and Shanghai are the default destinations. But for tourists who like to mix city travel with outdoor experiences, two natural landmarks in China stand out: Yellow Mountain and Tiger Leaping Gorge. Both are among...

Leaping errr.. Falling down the Tiger Leaping Gorge

On July 5, 2008 – one year and old day ago – I fell down a cliff in SW China, in Yunnan’s Tiger Leaping Gorge. I fell a good five meters down a sandy, rocky mountain side and was stopped by the roots of a giant plant. Below me, hundreds of meters straight down below...