In 2002 I travelled for 6 weeks in remote South West China; I started in Chengdu, where I spent a few days to acclimatise and visit the Panda Breeding Centre, then I went by bus to Kanding and the grasslands of Ta Gong, really the Tibetan world already. From Kanding I went by bus to Li Tang, altitude almost 5000 meter and breathtakingly beautiful. Onwards via Zhongdian to Lijang in Yunnan, and I spent about a week in the area of Dali, visiting small villages on the lakes and the mountains. From Dali I went to Kunming, by night train ... (more)