On the road again...back to the Yangtze...hoping for boat..
Arrived to the river bank around 9:30 (we were told the first boat would come at that time)...and then we sat by by the bank of the river Yangzte...and sunbathed... for 2,5 - 3 h... Around 12:00 am boat came from the other side & it took us 2 minutes to cross together with a nice horse and a couple of locals..
Btw, my camera crashed sometime during that wait, so from here on - borrowed photos ;)
Still no boat...
3,5 h bus ride to Lijiang with nonstop spitting driver and occasionally vomiting lady... We reached max of 3250 m and saw some snow on the way!
Our plan to take 9:30 bus to Lugu lake had failed ...as we reached Lijiang around 16:00 ... and even though we tried hard to make it to Lugu that night...nobody would drive us during the night. And we simply didn`t have enough time to travel there the next day..
So we had to correct our itinerary...deciding to go to Dali! And it turned out to be a wonderful alternative! Much more laid back and real than Lijiang...real villages...real people (Bai minority) wearing real traditional clothes ...all in all - great choice and definitely cooler than Lijiang :) We stayed in Tibetan lodge in the heart of the old city with all the parties, cafes, restaurants around ... Went to Bad Monkey bar right across our lodge and felt like being in the movie "THE BEACH" :)
And now before we start checking DALI, let`s look at a couple more borrowed photos from the previous days of trip ;))
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Hot pot :)
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