So much to see in this area and so little time! We pass through the Ancient Phoenix City for a morning stroll and then another couple hundred kilometers onward we pass through the Zhangjiajie National Park where we visit the famous Tianzi Mountains, inspiration for the Hallelujah Mountains from Avatar.

High concentration of scenic areas and tourist attractions in this area. Nothing beats the mountains of Guilin though! Traveler's tips in this post for things to do when visiting Guilin and Yangshuo county.

A couple easy days as we make it to two destinations we had been looking forward to for a long time. The beautiful old towns of Lijiang and Dali gave us an opportunity to take it easy for once and even got to enjoy some delicious western food!

Busy days out of Chongqing- Expressways, farmland, planned and unplanned Giant Buddha visits, all topped up with some spectacular remote canyon driving through southern Sichuan.

Couple days off in Chengdu visiting the pandas and eating local Sichuanese Hotpot. You'll have to click the link to see where the zombie food comes in to the story!

We start entering some exceptionally scenic areas of China including one of China's most popular tourist destinations, Jiuzhaigou National Park. Not an easy road to get there though passing over a mountain pass and navigating around endless landslides.

A couple short days as we take a visit to another famous Buddhist attraction along the old Silk Road. Turned out to be a great visit despite it being during the busiest travel season in China as we accidentally find ourselves on a secluded mountain hike!