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Today I've felt pretty average. Headache all day, tired - presumably it's too high for me here. I checked out one of the Buddist temples on the edge of town in the morning, and all the Tibetan homes leading up to it. Tibetan stuff is a lot more colourful than other stuff I've seen. They've got those nifty whirlly things (brass?? drums) that you try and keep moving. It was in a big 'Chorten' thingy - ie: a Buddist tower, white, circular. What a great description.....

I bought my ticket to XiangCheng tomorrow. It will be just an overnighter there, the following day is to ZhongDian, where I'll stay 2 nights, probably. There's apparently not much in XiangCheng.

I just hope that my seat tomorrow isn't cramped, etc. My knees / legs are sore - probably the temperature / height (although I've had thermals on all day...). Needless to say, I'm kind of glad to leave here (XiangCheng is 2.something km up; but ZhongDian is apparently 3.4 km...) Anyhow. I don't really want to do 3 days of bus in a row (ie: here --> XG --> ZD --> TLG). Although, from a scenery point of view I wouldn't mind it, it is very spectacular in this part of the world.

I'm not sure I'm in a place to complain about knees / legs on buses, etc... Earlier this arvy I was talking to a giant French guy who had just arrived who would be 7 feet or so....

After Zhongdian, it will be a shortish bus ride to the village at the start of the Tiger Leaping Gorge... Dodgy knees on the days leading up to a walk probably isn't the best of all things.

Hmmmm.. Tired and sore, want it to be 7am tomorrow when we leave... I was glad when I found out that the buses run tomorrow (even though it is Sunday).

Anyhow. If you ever find yourself in Litang, head to Mr Chen's (just left a few shops of the Crane guesthouse) - he's got decent food, a bit of English and a personality...