After a leisurely 4 days spent slogging our way up, down and across the mighty Tiger Leaping Gorge (read all about it here: http://beta.offexploring.com/james-and-nicola/blog/china/lijiang/2011-07-31%2013:49:24 and take a look at the pics here: http://beta.offexploring.com/james-and-nicola/albums/leaping-tigers-gorgeously) we arrive in Shangri-La, without the hotel price-tag. It takes your breath away, if only because we’re now over 3000 meters above sea-level. Heading to the very west of China and the border with Tibet, this is becoming Khampa-tribe territory.