ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL 2.0

Me at a Tibetan restaurant in Shangri-la My Tibetan lunch: Yak meat sashimi, mustrad Greens soup and Green Barley Cake Stuffed Yak outside the Tibetan restaurant Yunnan has the most species of Fungi/mushrooms in the worlrd. Signboard of a restaurant specialising in mushrooms Assorted mushrooms stir-fried with ginger and onion and in a spicy Sichuan green pepper corn  sauce Variety of mushrooms sold at a street-food stall. Yak blood sausage in glutinous rice, and waxed Yak meat sweet sausage  Crispy grasshoppers and insect pupa. 

  Lijiang old town Another view of Liiang old town Water wheels that distribute the canal's water still work. The most southerly permanently snow-capped mountain in the world. The Naxi ethnic minority's scared Jade Dragin Snow Mountain at 10,600 feet elevation Spectacular mountain scenery by rail from Lijiang to ShangriLa (Xiangelila)  Elevation 10,800 feet Tibetan-style architecture of Shangri-la's railway station Prayer wheels in Shangri-la's town square The Tibetan monastery on the hill  All-word Tibetan-style shophouse in Shangri-la town square