Dali and Lijiang

In the morning, we visited Dali's most famous landmarks, the Three Pagodas, or San Ta. After that, we headed the Old Town area.

At around 11am, we drove about 3 hours to Lijiang. There we met our new guide, Jackie, and had lunch.

In the pouring rain, we visited Black Dragon Pool. If the weather is good, the area provides excellent views of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Unfortunately, it wasn't. We also went to the nearby Dongba Cultural Museum to learn a little about the religious culture of the Naxi minority people.

After dinner at the Naxi Family Cafe, we headed to Lijiang's Old Town in order to see an excellent Naxi Ancient Dance and Music Performance at the Dongba Palace.