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| David Grundy | profile | all galleries >> Travelling >> 2005.06 China (Yunnan) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 NuJiang Valley |
 NuJiang Valley - waterfall and sun. A nice stop in a long day of driving (LanCangJiang to FuGong). |
 NuJiang Valley - There's only one road in, and it needs repair. This was a frequent sort of obstacle. Glad of the 4WD! |
 NuJiang Valley - The posts mean "This bit of road hasn't slipped into the river *yet* but we think it might go soon!" |
 NuJiang Valley - Road needs repair. Some slips happened while we were upriver; repaired before we returned though. |
 15200 20050629 328 NuJiang Valley - Road needs work. This bit obviously *had* slipped in. |
 NuJiang Valley - wooden houses in village |
 NuJiang Valley - small mine. Plenty of illegal mines outside tourist areas, we were told. |
 NuJiang Valley - from the hills to the market. Minority ethnic group, literally "down from the hills". |
 NuJiang Valley - from the hills to the market |
 NuJiang Valley - this old man really wanted his photo taken |
 NuJiang Valley - so we did ... |
 NuJiang Valley - easy way to cross. |
 NuJiang Valley - suspension footbridge. A bit scary when you step out onto these. |
 NuJiang Valley - Suspension footbridges are a nice part of the scenery. |
 NuJiang Valley - Suspension footbridge. Also useful for 2-wheeled vehicles? |
 NuJiang Valley - across the river by cable |
 NuJiang Valley - across the river by cable. |
 NuJiang Valley - across the river by cable. He offered to take me across, and I regret that I refused. |
 NuJiang Valley - across the river by cable. Apparently they take cows across this way as well ... |
 NuJiang Valley. Front end loader. Huh ??!? |
 NuJiang Valley. Front end loader. Nobody seemd too concerned ... |
 NuJiang Valley. Front end loader. Seems to be deliberate after all! |
 NuJiang Valley. Front end loader. Turns out to be a display of skill. |
 NuJiang Valley. Front end loader. Nearly loaded. |
 NuJiang Valley. Front end loader. All done, ready to go. Took about 5 minutes. |
 NuJiang Valley. "Holey mountain" |
 NuJiang Valley - Scrounging |
 NuJiang Valley |
 NuJiang Valley. Beware of floods! |
 NuJiang Valley - Tributary and mini hydro scheme. |
 NuJiang Valley. Stones in fields by the river. It was too hard to get down there from the road. |
 NuJiang Valley. Stones and field. Some of those stones are as big as the huts! |
 NuJiang Valley - appraoching FuGong |
 LuiKu - great setting but boring town. |
 LuiKu river wall. We saw the street cleaner painstakingly picking up rubbish in his tongs and throwing each bit into the river. |
 Smoky work in a green setting |
 Smoky factory in a green setting. I suppose all progress is good if you see it from a local viewpoint. |
 Back near LanCangJiang. This was mostly fields 3 days earlier when we went upriver. |
 Also just flooded. Don't know if it was deliberate or expected? |
 XiZhou - Bai architecture - sitting under the archway |
 XiZhou - Bai architecture - big house |
 XiZhou - Bai architecture - big house |
 XiZhou - Bai architecture - rooftops |
 Dali - 3 pagodas. This one is supposed to be the oldest standing manmade structure in this part of China. |
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