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Winding up and around high mountain plateaus, this highway is dangerous yet covers some gorgeous countryside.
Yaks and their herders tents dot the landscape along the Sichuan-Tibet highway.
A shot from the Sichuan-Tibet highway.
Remember the background in Windows (maybe you are using it right now). I SWEAR it comes from the highlands of China.
A Tibetan kid I played paper Frisbee with in Litang.
Tibetan women sit and spin their prayer wheels while they chat in the shade in Litang.
A monk-in-training sits on the steps of the Litang monastery.
Tibetan men work on a mural in the Litang monastery.
Yaks, prayer flags, and herders on a knoll over Litang, situated on a heady plateau at almost 15,000 feet.
A young Tibetan girl couldn't quite figure us out in Litang.
The Sichuan-Tibet highway twists through a huge boulder field south of Litang. I think we passed 5 cars in 15 hours...not the busiest road.
Enroute from Litang to Zhongdian on the Sichuan-Tibet highway. Nice road!
A homemade bong aids a Chinese...smoke his cigarette.
Bricks laid on roofs prevent shakes from flying off all over China. This was taken at Jane's Guesthouse in Tiger Leaping Gorge.
A bug in the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Looking out of Tiger Leaping Gorge, east that is.
A bright red flower in Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Streaks of color in the misty sky above Tiger Leaping Gorge.
The busy downtown touristy Lijiang at night, lights reflecting off narrow canals as karaoke music pulses.
China's main crop, rice, glistens with dew as the sun rises near Dali.
An early morning run down to the Lake Erhai, near Dali, where I saw these fishermen poling slowly across the water.
An old woman utilizes the yoke-type carrying system, a heavy basket at either end, near Dali. Amazing how strong they are...tiny women hauling baskets of rubble or fruit.