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Photos of Scenery in Yunnan

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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



Flooded grassland near Zhongdian



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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