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Photos of Scenery in Yunnan

These " Photos of Scenery in Northwestern Yunnan " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Cliffs along the upper Yangtze river

Moss covered rocks near a waterfall in China

Waterfall near the upper Yangtze river

Upper Yangtze, looking upriver, framed by trees

Cave in Yunnan

Limestone mountains along the Yangtze

Upper Yangtze in Yunnan province, looking upriver

Flooded pasture land

Cattle feeding on red and green grasses

Bright red and green grasses in a Tibetan pasture

Red-leaved plants and wildflowers

Monastery at holy Ringa mountain

Excavating an old village in China

"Old town" of Zhongdian

View of Zhongdian, "old town" in the foreground

Largest Buddhist prayer wheel in the world

Flooded grassland near Zhongdian

Red plants on a Tibetan pasture

Flooded grassland near Zhongdian

Red grass across a Tibetan pasture

Tibetan wildflowers on a hillside

Flooded pasture with Shangri-la in the background

Flooded grassland in NW Yunnan

Yangtze river gorge in Yunnan Province

Bridge over the Yangtze river in NW Yunnan Province

Stone homes in southwestern Tibet - northeaster Yunnan

Bright green rice paddies along the upper MeKong River in China

Clear water stream meeting the red muddy Mekong

Rice paddies along the upper MeKong River in China

Terraced rice paddies along the upper Mekong

Buddhist statue inside Sumtsanlang monsatery

Yak butter candle burning

Stone carving

Prayer wheels at Sumtsanlang monsatery

Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery

Gold and green dragon

Golden roof at Sumtsanlang monsatery

Waterfall 40 minutes outside of Shangri-la

View of forested mountain near Huafenpin, a village that will be flooded by a dam on the Mekong

Mating grasshoppers on a pink flower

Small toad in Yunnan

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