Perfect morning in Lijiang :)
Naxi women in traditional costumes.
And then the adventure started...we had accepted the offer of Li (local guide who approached us a couple of times while we were strolling the strets of Lijiang) to take us around the area and deliver us by night to the starting point of the Tiger Leaping gorge hike some 70 km from Lijiang :)
We started by monastery..
And then we tried some grey food...:)) with pancake and soya souce was even edible ;))
Plum trees!
and WOW again :)
Next to the Yangzte river first bend! Wow wow wow... :)
Happy to be a part of this landscape ;)
Chilly village :) Tried some marinated chilly - real good!!!
Wondered through a Naxi minority village somewhere on the way...in the middle of nowhere!
Naxi women! (hard work)
Naxi men! (hard work ;)
Organic chicken hotpot :) Our guide Li took us to true local place and it was exactly what I had been dreaming of!
And more terraces!
Getting close up & personal with Jade Dragon Snow mountain.
Something ...
Stopped by the market to get sweet supplies ;)
Naxi woman. Honestly...no idea how 80/90 looking grandmas are capable of all the things they do there...we saw quite some ladies on the way that were going back to their village from market.... several kilometers one way & then back with all the shoped items...maybe I should also try that back basket!!!
And here we are! Basically the whole region is reffered to as Shangrila...but the town that has been given the name of Shangrila is still some kms away and not on our itinerary tis time.
And that`s market in Qiautou in the evening! Work hard, play harder :)
We spent the night at Jane`s Guesthouse in Qiaotou - our starting point for the Tiger Leaping gorge hike. And we discovered real tasty grape sparkling wine that night :) And if you ever pass by the region...Li is definitely a guide/organizer you wanna deal with as she`s working on her own, charges a fair price and takes to places where you wouldn`t get on your own ;) (I got contacts if anyone`s interested)
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