Lijiang

Lijiang
I thought Zhongdien touristy, but this is touristy on a grand scale only possible in China, the quite large and pretty old town is perminantly jammed with the sun umbrella bearing, photo snapping hoards of Chinese tourists.
You still see the ocational traditionally dressed Naxi matriarc picking her way through the crowd, and ponds for drinking, washing food and clothes (1 each) are still in use as intended.
At the far end the old town is still under construction,
in China they think nothing of tearing down a few blocks that mightn't be old worldy enough and replaceing with old style brand new buildings.

Still though met some really cool people here and am having the very best of times.