Shangri-La MonasteryShangri La wasn't really the 'paradise lost' I was expecting. It was a big modernish city. In the 'old town' (renovated into all new buildings for tourism purposes), there were no tourists. We presume that this was due to uprisings last year, the town was removed from flag waving tour groups. Just in case...............
Steal electricity? Ass kicked!There seem to be loads of fairly violent warning signs to the general public!
Largest prayer wheel in China
Lijiang market
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Shaxi Street
Shaxi was very nice. It was like Lijiang must have been before all the Chinese tourist flocked to it. Just like how you would expect 'real China' to look.
Lijiang street
Yumi, the wonder dog, Shaxi. He adopted us and went everywhere we went that day. We called him Yumi because his coat was golden. Yumi in Mandarin means 'corn'.
Duck herding in Shaxi. Odd, very odd.
Jinghong Botanical Gardens Giant lily pads. They were about 500mm in diameter!
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