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China (Shangri-La)

On the road to Shangri-La
Welcome to Lijian - Traditional Naxi turtle lady
'Looks like rain...'

An ancient city of spendy tourists...
lazy canals...

intricate woodcarvings...
Intricate woodwork




a tower which we climbed
Looking down on Lijian



And interesting food
Sour Apples
Stop 2 - Tiger Leaping Gorge
A long hot day on the trail
Come On!
With travel companion Jennifer
behind trail goats...
and friendly porters...

She scared the hell outta Jennifer
The Halfway House
Chopstick Menu
Day 2 on the trail
Waterfalls...

Wild flowers...

and finally 'The Gorge'




Cold shower
Chinese tourist
Stop 3 - Baishuetai
Limestone warterfalls
just before sunset...
just before sunrise...
sunrise...








Jennifer poser
Me poser

On our way out
Sunflower boy enroute
Stop 4 - Zhongdian (ShangriLa?)
Down at the market...
Yak in a basket
Dog
Crickets
Eggs
Noodles
Gourds
Bus Station Notice
Zhongzenling Temple



Full of Tibetan temples like this...
Up to the roof...
Looking down on Zhongdian
Construction
Suprised ladies...

Up to the top...
to the 'main attraction'

Inside

and across the field...
to witness the building of the world's biggest thanka
Guinness Book
Halfway done
and hard at work

Back the next morning to see it complete...

Ceremony lady
boat around the lake
Zhongdian 'ancient town'
crazy faces

Enroute to Deqin
Looking down on Deqin
Presenting 'Blue'





Shangri-La
Prayer Flags
Jennifer
Jimi Hendrix


Road crew enroute to MingYong

Hitching a tractor

The bridge that foiled us
Welcome to Mingyong
To the 'observation platform'
Mingyong Glacier (first glimpse)
Blue ice
Waiting for the fog to clear

Others arrive





Welcome to Deqin - Shouldn't atleast one word be in Tibetan?
A dirty little town with more muslim influence then Tibetan
Shagri-La? Shangri-Delhi maybe
Another day on the road, another breakdown
Replacing a broken tire with a broken tire
Waiting...
Chinese workhorse
and yet again... this time he's mad
Welcome to Old Dali - Cave on Erhai Lake
Dinner in Old Dali

Sharing a truck...
to YouSou Market...
'New teeth?'
'Say Awwww'
'Dirt... Dirt...'
'Nice beans'

'Oh... my head'
Begger

Prickly Pickles
And something interesting


'Buy a chicken, god dammit!'



'I'll take two'
'What about us?'
Idaho - Famous potatoes
'...wasting away again in margarita-ville...'