Woke up to a lot of rain today. Waiting for the rain to let up we tried to plan our next leg of our trip but found out it would be impossible due to mudslides and once again we would have to head back to Lijiang (麗江) . Then we went to find a cell phone to make the rest of the trip easier in planning.
Tibetan Monastery
Once it looked like the rain was letting up we headed to the Tibetan monastary.
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
The Buddhist Monastery and town surrounding it
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
The Buddhist Monastery and town surrounding it
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
Charlotte turning a prayer wheel
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
A child monk walking on the roof
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
A street in the town
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
A temple in the Monastery
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
Another Monastery street
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
A grandmother and grandchild who I think live there
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
Charlotte in traditional clothing
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
Hanging out with Tibetans
Local Market
After the monastery we checked out a local market which sold just about everything possible
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
The local market
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
Lots of meat hanging from a bar
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
More meat
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
Woman selling potatoes
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
More women selling fruit
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
We also found Wasabi/Lobster potato chips at the market
Old Town
We then went back to the old town for a Tibetan dinner. Everything we got was so salty though that we couldn’t finish a single plate. After dinner we went to another temple with the largest Buddhist prayer wheel in the world. As it was still pouring rain, we left for the hostel after this.
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
Largest prayers wheel
 |
| From 77 Days in China |
The People of Shangri-La
Charlotte really liked the people here, because in most of China when she says she is from Taiwan (America is not an acceptable answer to them) people respond with something along the lines of “I knew you were Chinese” or “Ah, you are Chinese”, but here as well as while talking with the tribes in Lugu hu(瀘沽湖), the people responded with “OH! You are Taiwanese!” actually respecting a difference between China and Taiwan.
No comments:
Post a Comment