Tasty looking seafood sold on the street
Red Pagoda built into a gorge along the Yangtze River
Not quite sure, but it looks like a smoked and dried pork shoulder, for sale by a vendor on a hot day. My Chinese is nil, so I could not ask for the recipe.
Pork bellies and ribs drying in the open air. I don't think this meat ever saw the inside of a refrigerator.
I bought one of those sausages and lived to to tell the story. It was at least 32C (90F) and the sausages and meat sat out in the sun, so when I bit into it the fat squirted out. It was heavily spiced but I could not identify any flavours except garlic and chilies. After another bite I realized that one needs to acquire a taste for that particular sausage. I shared the sausage with four brave souls in our group, the rest lacked the courage to taste it. More than half was left so I offered it to a street dog. He quickly grabbed it with his teeth, carried it in his mouth for a few meters, then spit it out and ran away. Must have been a vegan!
Street in old Lijiang
Buddhist temples in Dali
Lots of dining options.
Deep fried shrimp and more.
Street in Dali
Some of these looked like they might be worth a try, but I just had lunch.
Fruit vendors were everywhere.
One of our lunches. Generally the food was good since I like Chinese. But after eating it three times a day, it will be a while before I order Chinese food.
Buddhist temple in Dali
Pagodas in Dali
Dry cured meats hanging under a roof but essentially outdoors. It was quite warm and no one seemed to care about the flies. Picture taken at a Tibetan roadside restaurant between Lijiang and Shangri-La
I wonder what this stuff tastes like?
Temples in Shangri-La
