View of Lijiang old town

Many small bars line the hill in Lijiang old town. Each offers a great view of the historic rooftops while offering hot tea or cold beer, we went with a cold beer.
Photo Location: Bar, Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: September 17, 2011 17:25:50
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens
Other Photo Gear Used: Slik Sprint Pro Tripod
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Erhai Lake Boats

Found these boats next to a small village alongside Erhai lake. The owners offered to take us out for a ride but we were happy to snap a couple of photos and get back on our bikes to continue down the road.

Photo Location: Erhai Lake, Dali, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: September 16, 2010 10:59:21
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens
Other Photo Gear Used: Slik Sprint Pro Tripod
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom; Adobe Photoshop; Photomatix; Nik Color Efex Pro; Nik Vivenza;

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Comfortable House in Yubeng

This house sits on the side of the mountain in upper Yubeng, and overlooks the valley to lower Yubeng. The owners have a pretty impressive view while having their morning tea.

Photo Location: Meili Snow Mountain, Yubeng, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: September 21, 2010 18:44:20
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens
Other Photo Gear Used: Slik Sprint Pro Tripod
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Boy monk

Back in 2007 I was picked up by a Chinese photographer when hitch hiking in Northern Yunnan province. He knew when these monks were having prayers and we arrived to watch with many other locals. I took this photo as the monks were leaving the temple. I was the only foreigner there that day, maybe even that year ... This boy took a good long look at me as he walked by.

Photo Location: Dongzhulin Temple, Benzilan, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: May 31, 2007 10:55:15
Camera: Canon Digital Ixus 60
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom; Nik Color Efex Pro; Nik Define; Nik Vivenza;

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South Yunnan Slow Walk

While eastern China rapidly develops by exporting good around the world, many areas of western China have been left behind. This town in southern Yunnan province, just before the Burma border crossing, had unreliable electricity and was missing many of the "comforts" of developed society, like indoor plumbing and refrigeration. They lived a simple life raising their crops and tending to livestock, much as they have for hundreds of years.

Photo Location: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: May 13, 2007 18:45:51
Camera: Canon Digital Ixus 60
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom; Nik Color Efex Pro; Nik Silver Efex Pro; Nik Vivenza;

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Old Tibetan Woman

This woman was hanging out at the trail side at Yak Meadow in Yulong mountain park. She was kind enough to let me take her photo. Unfortunatly, she couldn't speak Manderin so I wasn't able to chat with her, which would have been even better.

Photo Location: Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: September 18, 2010 12:00:26
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom; Adobe Photoshop; Nik Color Efex Pro; Nik Vivenza;

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Flowing Mountain Waterfall

When I visited Yulong snow mountain it was a cloudy day which didn't allow for many good landscape photos but the clouds allowed me to get some slow shutter waterfall photos where the water looks silky smooth, like this one

Photo Location: Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: September 18, 2010 15:08:29
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens and a Hoya ND filter
Other Photo Gear Used: Slik Sprint Pro Tripod
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom; Adobe Photoshop; Photomatix; Nik Color Efex Pro; Nik Vivenza;

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Meili Mountain Sacred Waterfall

This is a Sacred Buddhist waterfall （美丽雪山神瀑) near Yubeng, Yunnan, China. It is an amazing place with Tibetan prayer flags everywhere and this massive waterfall with fresh water from the snow topped Meili mountain.

Photo Location: Sacred Waterfall, Yubeng, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: October 23, 2010 13:33:12
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens
Other Photo Gear Used: Slik Sprint Pro Tripod
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom; Adobe Photoshop; Photomatix; Nik Color Efex Pro; Nik Define; Topaz Adjust;

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Sacred Trail Head

Beyond this abandoned Tibetan style house on the path to the left leads to a sacred site for for Tibetan Buddhists. The trail follows the mountains to the left and ends at an impressive waterfall created from the melting snow from the sacred mountain of Kawagebo.

Photo Location: Meili Snow Mountain, Yubeng, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: September 21, 2010 15:57:47
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens
Other Photo Gear Used: Slik Sprint Pro Tripod
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Tibetan Temple Entrance

Entrance to a small temple at Yak Meadow.  When we arrived the temple was surrounded by fog and had an eerie feel to it.  Very peaceful place ..

Photo Location: Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Capture Date: September 18, 2010 12:17:00
Camera: Nikon D5000 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens
Other Photo Gear Used: Slik Sprint Pro Tripod
Photo Processing Software used: Adobe Lightroom;

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