South of the Clouds

Here are some pictures from Yunnan, which is most certainly my favorite place I've been in the country. We spent two days hiking in Tiger Leaping Gorge (which was gorge-ous) and I think the deepest (or one of the deepest) gorges in the world. Here are some pictures:





A very small and loud kitten we found in the travel agency office in Lijiang. It was ferocious.



















A gloriously cool waterfall.















A goat! He walked towards us instead of running away. And then some of his friends joined him.














Canals in Lijiang











Sun rising over the mountains on the second day of hiking.













The mountains and what I believe is bamboo in the foreground. The mountains are the very eastern edge of the Himalayas, and are still relatively young and thus very jagged and pointy.









The guesthouse we stayed at over night. It was adorable and had a small army of tiny dogs and cats.












The gorge is very deep. The Yangtze is at the bottom and looks like milky coffee.















Ahh. There it is. The mighty Yangtze.