I apologize to my loyal readers (all two of you besides my parents) for not typing up Lao and Kolkata before leaving for Bhutan in a few hours. Hope you all have a wonderful month and I'll be back online in mid-November. [If there's nothing posted by the end of November, I was likely snowed into the valley and will not be able to get out until next September...in that case, have a great year!]

Photos from China (3 of 3)

Pictures from Old Lijiang and Old Dali:

(mmm...dinner!)

(the above picture may appear a little hazy, but that's about how it looked to us after drinking bubble water (aka Dali Beer) all night!)

Photos from China (2 of 3)

Pictures in Green Lake Park -- probably my favorite place in Kunming, where families take their child on weekends to play and go on paddle boats and grandparents exercise, congregate, read, sing and practice tai chi (OR dance) during the day:

(view from the paddle boat)

Pictures from the Hike in Tiger Leaping Gorge:

(the mountains in the center are Tibet!)

Photos from China (1 of 3)

As smugmug is just not working out (taking 1 hour to load 10 photos) here are a few shots from China. You can click on each photo to view it larger.

Pictures of the Stone Forest (a forest where the stones look like trees):

Pictures of the city Kunming -- a very modern city with a few reminders of the past: