Sun, 7 Oct - Trip to Shangri-La via First Bend of the Yangtze & Leaping Tiger Gorge
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Zen Garden Hotel bedroom
Zen Garden Hotel
Zen Garden Hotel roofs
Hotel harpist
Leaving hotel and luggage goes too
Zen Garden Hotel front
Is he lost
Shigu passed the bend
Shigu - first Yangtze bend
In a rib on the Yangtze
Yangtze River at Shigu
Mary on viewing marble stone
Yangtze first bend
Kelsy
Naxi village before rain
Corn varieties
Drying chillies
It's a long way down to the Yangtze
Tiger Leaping Gorge 1
Tiger Leaping Gorge descent
The river narrows towards the Tiger-stepping stone
Stick Insect
The tiger up close and personal
The Tiger
Rock for Tiger to leap onto
The viewing platform
Angry rapids
Mary at Tiger Leaping Gorge
Steep ascent
Tiger Leaping Gorge team photo
We were all there
Anna and a tourist
The Sichuan side of the gorge
One of the photographers
Sedan chair
Cricket
Business is not very brisk
Refreshments for sale half way up
A bit of a problem
Hotel room in Shangri-La
View from hotel of old city
Waiting for our first meal in Shangri-La