Songzanlin Monastery outside Shangri-La, founded by the Fifth Dalai Lama |
Songzanlin Monastery outside Shangri-La |
Old Town streets of Shangri-La, rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 2014 |
Giant modern stupa in Shangri-La, clearly government-sponsored |
Tibetan Buddhist murals cover the interior walls of the modern stupa |
Prayer wheels outside the modern stupa |
Evening dance party in Shangri-La, in a square which was once a caravanserai |
Barley drying outside a Tibetan village home |
High-altitude Shugu Lake in Potatso National Park, outside Shangri-La |
Shugu Lake at 3625 metres ASL |
A (restored) village outside Lijiang |
A bend on the Upper Track, Tiger Leaping Gorge, 2004 |
Viewing area at Tiger Leaping Gorge |
Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha (Golden Sands) River, part of the Yangtze |
Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang |
Baisha village outside Lijiang |
Man preparing a chicken for dinner.... |
Street food, Lijiang |
Teapots galore, Lijiang |
Textiles for sale in Lijiang |
Massed chrysanthemum displays in Lijiang |
Homework time, Lijiang, China |
Naxi village elder in Shuhe, outside Lijiang, Yunnan, southwest China |
Decorative banners for sale in Shuhe, outside Lijiang |
Ideographs of the Naxi (Nakhi) people of Lijiang |