We arrived in Lijiang -- a small mountain town in the Yunan Province -- by plane, and it's a world apart from Beijing and X'ian. Driving in from the airport we were greeted by an amazingly clear sky full of stars and clean, crisp air (almost COLD). As well, even though the small, cobblestone streets of Lijiang are crowded with pedestrians there is nary a car in sight (in the Old Town part, anyway). Lijiang is definitely a wandering city, since the small, winding alleys of Old Town are the perfect recipe for getting lost. When we weren't asking locals for directions and seemingly getting led in circles, we also took an excursion out to the base of Jade Dragon Mountain with Peter and Jenny (who also happened to be here -- via Shanghai).
My little point and shoot camera hardly did the mountainside justice, but I was able to capture a few good shots of the yaks in the appropriately named Yak Meadow (after a local farmer lured them closer to us with an apple) and one of the farmer's family.
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