Mon, 8 Oct - Trip to Deqin via Benzalin

Burnt out minibus	Shangri-La hay rack	Napai Lake	Pot shop	Nixi pottery	View from the Old Horse and Tea Road
Rice paddy terracing on the banks of a Yangtze tributary	Sichuan to the right and Yunnan to the left	A vineyard in the making	Benzalin in the distance	Where the bull fighting took place	The bull square
Setting up the match	Bulls fighting	Locked in battle	The Buddhists are off to lunch	A turbo charged Robin Reliant	Buddhist training centre
We're climbing up	The village of the dancing Buddhists	A typical roof in one of the mountain villages	Waiting for the dance	Buddhist nuns	The band warms up
A big blow job	The Buddhist dance	Repairing a bridge	Autumn has started	Returning from a pit stop at the top	The highest point on the way to Deqin
View from near the top	We will be staying over there	Stupas and prayer flags	The visa for Tibet	The village by Mei Li mountain	View from the village street by Mei Li
Stupa tops and prayer flags	Sunrise in the foyer	A peak of Mei Li mountain