0190 World Tour: China (Shangri-La) http://www.photoworks.com/share/shareLanding.jsp?shareCode=A9DA5A24E5F&cb=PW "IMG_3280.jpg" "On the road to Shangri-La" "IMG_3285.jpg" "Welcome to Lijian - Traditional Naxi turtle lady" "IMG_3289.jpg" "'Looks like rain...'" "IMG_3290.jpg" "" "IMG_3299.jpg" "An ancient city of spendy tourists..." "IMG_3296.jpg" "lazy canals..." "IMG_3300.jpg" "" "IMG_3304.jpg" "intricate woodcarvings..." "IMG_3293.jpg" "Intricate woodwork" "IMG_3295.jpg" "" "IMG_3323.jpg" "" "IMG_3324.jpg" "" "IMG_3326.jpg" "" "IMG_3329.jpg" "a tower which we climbed" "IMG_3312.jpg" "Looking down on Lijian" "IMG_3315.jpg" "" "IMG_3306.jpg" "" "IMG_3307.jpg" "" "IMG_3336.jpg" "And interesting food" "IMG_3331.jpg" "Sour Apples" "IMG_3345.jpg" "Stop 2 - Tiger Leaping Gorge" "IMG_3338.jpg" "A long hot day on the trail" "IMG_3342.jpg" "Come On!" "IMG_3343.jpg" "With travel companion Jennifer" "IMG_3355.jpg" "behind trail goats..." "IMG_3358.jpg" "and friendly porters..." "IMG_3360.jpg" "" "IMG_3361.jpg" "She scared the hell outta Jennifer" "IMG_3366.jpg" "The Halfway House" "IMG_3365.jpg" "Chopstick Menu" "IMG_3369.jpg" "Day 2 on the trail" "IMG_3371.jpg" "Waterfalls..." "IMG_3375.jpg" "" "IMG_3352.jpg" "Wild flowers..." "IMG_3378.jpg" "" "IMG_3380.jpg" "and finally 'The Gorge'" "IMG_3382.jpg" "" "IMG_3389.jpg" "" "IMG_3384.jpg" "" "IMG_3394.jpg" "" "IMG_3395.jpg" "Cold shower" "IMG_3404.jpg" "Chinese tourist" "IMG_3405.jpg" "Stop 3 - Baishuetai" "IMG_3406.jpg" "Limestone warterfalls" "IMG_3412.jpg" "just before sunset..." "IMG_3420.jpg" "just before sunrise..." "IMG_3424.jpg" "sunrise..." "IMG_3428.jpg" "" "IMG_3431.jpg" "" "IMG_3432.jpg" "" "IMG_3433.jpg" "" "IMG_3434.jpg" "" "IMG_3435.jpg" "" "IMG_3439.jpg" "" "IMG_3440.jpg" "" "IMG_3444.jpg" "Jennifer poser" "IMG_3446.jpg" "Me poser" "IMG_3447.jpg" "" "IMG_3448.jpg" "On our way out" "IMG_3449.jpg" "Sunflower boy enroute" "IMG_3453.jpg" "Stop 4 - Zhongdian (ShangriLa?)" "IMG_3456.jpg" "Down at the market..." "IMG_3454.jpg" "Yak in a basket" "IMG_3455.jpg" "Dog" "IMG_3457.jpg" "Crickets" "IMG_3458.jpg" "Eggs" "IMG_3460.jpg" "Noodles" "IMG_3461.jpg" "Gourds" "IMG_3464.jpg" "Bus Station Notice" "IMG_3494.jpg" "Zhongzenling Temple" "IMG_3528.jpg" "" "IMG_3529.jpg" "" "IMG_3466.jpg" "" "IMG_3479.jpg" "Full of Tibetan temples like this..." "IMG_3471.jpg" "Up to the roof..." "IMG_3467.jpg" "Looking down on Zhongdian" "IMG_3475.jpg" "Construction" "IMG_3468.jpg" "Suprised ladies..." "IMG_3470.jpg" "" "IMG_3492.jpg" "Up to the top..." "IMG_3486.jpg" "to the 'main attraction'" "IMG_3485.jpg" "" "IMG_3482.jpg" "Inside" "IMG_3491.jpg" "" "IMG_3497.jpg" "and across the field..." "IMG_3502.jpg" "to witness the building of the world's biggest thanka" "IMG_3504.jpg" "Guinness Book" "IMG_3507.jpg" "Halfway done" "IMG_3510.jpg" "and hard at work" "IMG_3513.jpg" "" "IMG_3519.jpg" "Back the next morning to see it complete..." "IMG_3521.jpg" "" "IMG_3525.jpg" "Ceremony lady" "IMG_3532.jpg" "boat around the lake" "IMG_3536.jpg" "Zhongdian 'ancient town'" "IMG_3542.jpg" "crazy faces" "IMG_3550.jpg" "" "IMG_3558.jpg" "Enroute to Deqin" "IMG_3556.jpg" "Looking down on Deqin" "IMG_3564.jpg" "Presenting 'Blue'" "IMG_3565.jpg" "" "IMG_3562.jpg" "" "IMG_3567.jpg" "" "IMG_3577.jpg" "" "IMG_3585.jpg" "" "IMG_3574.jpg" "Shangri-La" "IMG_3583.jpg" "Prayer Flags" "IMG_3581.jpg" "Jennifer" "IMG_3588.jpg" "Jimi Hendrix" "IMG_3589.jpg" "" "IMG_3591.jpg" "" "IMG_3592.jpg" "Road crew enroute to MingYong" "IMG_3594.jpg" "" "IMG_3597.jpg" "Hitching a tractor" "IMG_3598.jpg" "" "IMG_3600.jpg" "The bridge that foiled us" "IMG_3602.jpg" "Welcome to Mingyong" "IMG_3617.jpg" "To the 'observation platform'" "IMG_3606.jpg" "Mingyong Glacier (first glimpse)" "IMG_3632.jpg" "Blue ice" "IMG_3615.jpg" "Waiting for the fog to clear" "IMG_3621.jpg" "" "IMG_3624.jpg" "Others arrive" "IMG_3625.jpg" "" "IMG_3627.jpg" "" "IMG_3635.jpg" "" "IMG_3646.jpg" "" "IMG_3641.jpg" "" "IMG_3650.jpg" "Welcome to Deqin - Shouldn't atleast one word be in Tibetan?" "IMG_3656.jpg" "A dirty little town with more muslim influence then Tibetan" "IMG_3654.jpg" "Shagri-La? Shangri-Delhi maybe" "IMG_3658.jpg" "Another day on the road, another breakdown" "IMG_3660.jpg" "Replacing a broken tire with a broken tire" "IMG_3665.jpg" "Waiting..." "IMG_3657.jpg" "Chinese workhorse" "IMG_3669.jpg" "and yet again... this time he's mad" "IMG_3674.jpg" "Welcome to Old Dali - Cave on Erhai Lake" "IMG_3670.jpg" "Dinner in Old Dali" "IMG_3672.jpg" "" "IMG_3680.jpg" "Sharing a truck..." "IMG_3677.jpg" "to YouSou Market..." "IMG_3678.jpg" "'New teeth?'" "IMG_3679.jpg" "'Say Awwww'" "IMG_3683.jpg" "'Dirt... Dirt...'" "IMG_3684.jpg" "'Nice beans'" "IMG_3686.jpg" "" "IMG_3687.jpg" "'Oh... my head'" "IMG_3690.jpg" "Begger" "IMG_3693.jpg" "" "IMG_3698.jpg" "Prickly Pickles" "IMG_3696.jpg" "And something interesting" "IMG_3699.jpg" "" "IMG_3721.jpg" "" "IMG_3709.jpg" "'Buy a chicken, god dammit!'" "IMG_3703.jpg" "" "IMG_3705.jpg" "" "IMG_3710.jpg" "" "IMG_3712.jpg" "'I'll take two'" "IMG_3713.jpg" "'What about us?'" "IMG_3715.jpg" "Idaho - Famous potatoes" "IMG_3714.jpg" "'...wasting away again in margarita-ville...'" "IMG_3717.jpg" "" "IMG_3722.jpg" ""