Lijiang and Disneylandified China!

After a few days chilling in Dali we moved on up the mountains to a little town called Lijiang. We were not quite as fortunate with the bus ride up, 5 hours on a mini bus crammed with spitting, smoking Chinese men, it was horrible, the only thing that was missing from the scene was a bunch of chickens. Lijiang was a really cool little town, cobbled streets, arched bridges and little canals everywhere, reminded me a lot of Venice but with Chinese architecture.

Lijiang has some really beautiful surroundings, we went to a lake called the Black Dragon Pool where you can see the mountains that mark the beginning of the Himalayas. We spent some time wondering around the area but then had to get back to ‘Mamas’ for dinner! We were staying in this crazy guest house with a Naxi Mama running the place, she was so hectic and for some strange reason was always shoving bananas at us!!!