From Mountain to Mountain!

Elizabeth (Liz)

Quote of the Day

     "You have been tired for a week!"
                              - Rebecca Waterman (to yours truly :))

Well we were on the move yet again this time leaving the humble Shaxi Village and over to Lijiang. The car ride was wonderful as we went down the winding mountain roads taking in our final moments with the peaks and ridges. Before we went to Lijiang we first stopped at a Naxi village, which I was super excited about because that happened to be the minority I had studied this autumn. But before we entered the village Evan, our guide, took us to see these amazing frescos from the Ming and Tang dynasty. They were all depicting Buddha, just like the carvings we saw on the tea trail. Evan also showed us a 600 hundered year old tree, which was crazy and quite lovely.

After that we explored the village which had all kinds of knick knacks from Mao clocks to bugs encased in Amber, which were all super cool and had lunch which consisted of meat, veggies and rice. We then headed over to yet another embroidery school that amazed and shocked us. The produced textiles were out of this world and just so amazing to look at. Afterwards it was finally time to head over to Lijiang village were we quickly checked into to our historic hotel.

From there we walked around on the cobblestone streets of Lijiang, enchanted by every shop, every demostration and every historic site. After we had dinner and parted ways with Evan, we decided to look for some snacks for tommorrow. Simple enough right? Wrong. We went down probably every possible street looking for a supermarket or convience store with no luck, until we gave up and just bought snacks from a shop that we knew was close to the hotel.

Thats all for now!
Over and Out