A cast of thousands part II

When I visited Yunnan provence we went to an amazing show with 1000's of cast members choreographed by the same director as the Beijing Olympic ceremony.  Whilst visiting Yangshou we got the opportunity so go to another by the same director. Despite the rain the show was outstanding set on water with a back drop of incredible limestone peaks. 

Highlights Of Yunnan

The last remaining photos of our trip to Yunnan

Yack you can pay £2 to have your photo taken on.Tourist dressed up and being photographed under the Shangri-La mountains. A wooden wishing tree. View of the mountains with pray flags. Boy in a Tibetan tourist village. Dried corn. Prayer flags. Traditional flower head band on my friend.  Tibetan prayer flags.... (again)..!  

A cast of 1000's

With the Olympics coming up in London it was pretty impressive to see this show in Yunnan choreographed by the same man who created the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The cast was made up of 100's of men and women and horse too! 

The show told the story of the people of Yunnan and their relationship with the surrounding mountains. I watched the Opening ceremony in Beijing again the other day, I really hope that London will match in creativity.

Lijiang At Night

The first few pictures were taken at a Tibetan meal that we went to, yes that is yacks milk and those are people dancing around after the meal to celebrate ...well life?!

The remaining photos are taken of Lijiang at night. Lijiang is famous for its network of water ways and canals and is not unlike Suzhou near Shanghai. The town was alive at night with restaurants and bars and people taking an evening stroll. We stayed in a hotel that over looked the whole city, framed in the morning by the misty mountains, truely stunning and the pearl of the province. 

Also it has a large KFC (thumbs up!)

Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan Province

We went to Yunnan quite a while back and I am finally getting around to sorting out some of the pictures! Tiger Leaping gorge was quite underwhelming for a 'must see' in the Lonely Planet (yet again the L.P misses the point), but it was a fun walk through many tunnels to get there. 

Yunnan was much colder and wetter than our province, which I was not prepared for as ever. We met this little girl as her Mother was selling walnuts on the side of the road. I like the way she had a pillow case fashioned as a hood, she was cute and wanted to play hide and seek, but we had to go.

I am planning the final trip away today! It will be bitter sweet to leave China....