There were numerous critters in Lijiang and surrounding areas. The ones here are only the more unusual or one representative from a group or location. Domestic I’ve never seen a dog sit like that before. The girls all put their heads down when I appeared with my camera. They were all sitting outside a cafe. This one […]
Lijiang After an hour’s delay at Jinghong airport I arrived in Lijang after midnight with the requirement that I call the hostel if I was to arrive after 1am. I then discovered that my Chinese SIM card had run out of credit. I have no independent capacity of knowing its status & I’d thought it was […]
Apart from visiting markets in the Jinghong area I also visited some ethnic villages and Buddhist temples. The Dai people live in large wooden houses and have small farms. Some also grow and tap rubber. The source of the tyres we love to travel on. I found this by wandering off a road onto a […]
To Market to Market Part 2 STREET MARKET IN MENGHAI Note monk on bike & other bike with bamboo panniers. Note the different dress and the baby carrier. There are several different styles in use in Yunnan. Cutting dough into noodles using a bike seat as a table. Frying dough into one of the many […]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Map of China showing my route so far. Train from Xingtai in Hebei to Kunming in Yunnan (35 hours), bus to Jinhong (9 hours) and plane to Lijang (50 minutes + 60 minutes delay.) Map of Yunnan showing major cities I have visited to date, Kunming, Jinghong and Lijiang. Map of […]