Shangri-La! Well, actually Zhongdian, but the clever chinese decided that this town fits the bill for the mythical town in James Hilton's novel "Lost Horizon". So the name of the town was changed back in 2001 and now the tourists come flocking in (although probably not as much as they would hope).
Regardless, the place is beautiful and breathtaking - literally! Zhongdian is perched on a plataeu at an elevation of 3300 metres and at this elevation the air is noticably thinner.
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| One of many stupas we saw around the place |
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| Songzanlin monestary |
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| It was not warm as you can see |
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| Tibetan monk |
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