Monday, January 12, 2009

thank god for electric blankets and continence

Bikin on in...Shangrila - there are wiser places to go in the winter but.. it's like chinese cottage country up here.
Town of Bai shuai Tai

White water terrace, 3hrs from tiger leaping gorge.. a whole field of this stuff.
ye olde evil monastery.
Clearly used to seeing foreigners at lunch...
That little green pool is actually a pretty decent hotspring, and to top it up there's also a sauna built into a limestone cave that women aren't allowed into as the men beleive the hot water will go away if women come in.
There's s0mething really nice about getting a .50 cent pair of slippers traditionally fixed almost every morning.. far more pleasant than just reading the newspaper - except that you have to stand on one foot for a lil while

new years - not exactly a wild night with chinese new years only two weeks away, but being as I had a roman candle and a beer in each hand, and i'm standing with a tibetan guy i don't actually know.. i guess it was a pretty good night.