From Lijiang, we drove about an hour to visit Shi Gu, or Stone Drum, which stands at the first bend of the Yangtze River. Here, the river is actually known as Jinsha.
On our way to Tiger Leaping Gorge, we got a flat tire. Since the lug nuts were stuck, our driver had to run to a nearby village to get some help to change it.
At about 1:45pm, we arrived at Tiger Leaping Gorge and met our new guide, Pasang, and then had lunch. Afterwards, we headed to a part of the gorge to see Tiger Leaping Stone. Because everyone else on the tour either didn't want to walk up and down the 300 steps or pay to have someone with a sedan chair take them up and down, Pasang and I were the only ones to make the trip down to see the Stone up close. According to legend, this is where a tiger crossed the gorge to escape from hunters.
We next drove about 2 hours to Zhongdian, which is now officially known in China as Shangri-La. The largest minority in the area is Tibetan. For dinner, we got to try some yak meat, barley wine, and some yak butter tea.
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