Today we drove approximately two hours to Tiger Leaping Gorge, with a number of photo stops along the way. The skies were clear today and we were fortunate enough to see spectacular views of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the distance. Tiger Leaping Gorge, is the deepest river canyon in the world at a maximum depth of approximately 3,790 meters from river to mountain peak . It rests gracefully in between the glorious Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the Haba Sn...

Jenny woke up unwell and missed most of the days' activities. This morning we visited the Baisha Old Town (which was once the capital of the Naxi minority group) and Frescoes The Baisha Frescoes date back to the early Ming Dynasty and are made up of 44 pieces. Most of the paintings depict religious stories from Taoism and Buddhism. It was unfortunate that the paintings have suffered through fires and vandalism. No attempt had been made to restore these repli...

Our first stop was about 18kms from Dali at Xizhou Village to explore the local village market. A thousand years ago, the Ancient Tea Route was a trade link from Sichun, Yunnan to Tibet. Xizhou was on the path of the caravans of the Tea and Horse Road also known as the Silk Road. Many of the houses decorated are traditional Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) architecture. They have a distinctive Bai touch of colorful pictures, gardens, use of marble decorations, u...