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Rain, rain, go away, come again:

never

(well at least until after I fly out).

It's kind of annoying. The sky is completely grey, with drizzle, and bugger all visability. Lijiang and it's surronds has some really great scenery. If you can't see them, then there doesn't seem to be much to do around here...

I planned to go to a really picturesque park on the northern side of town that has great views of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountains (?) - the mountains that have the Tiger Leaping Gorge on the other side. I went to it this morning, but the Y60 (!!!!!!!!!! - tai gui le) and grey skies put me off a bit. If it clears up a bit in the arvo I'll give it another shot. I got up really early (7.30am!) to get there before the hoards of tourists. Anyhow. So annoyed about not going this am.

If the weather is dodgy still tomorrow, then I'll just head to Dali. I was thinking about a day trip up the mountains. But again, if dodgy weather, then dodgy views - not much point.

I suppose though, this is the first patch of bad weather that I've had for all of the trip. 5 weeks of good weather is nothing to complain at I suppose.

Anyhow.

Some useles fun facts:
* The reason why there's so many Israeli tourist around is that they have holidays this time of year - endnig at the end of October. They have military service after year 12. 3 years for men, 2 for women. After that a lot of them travel for a bit, then start uni when they are 23 or so...
* Apparently the most common word spoken in the world (across all languages) is 'okay'. The second most common is "coca cola'.
* Apparently a whole bunch of plants and flowers and stuff got taken (ie: samples) from Tiger Leaping Gorge to England, and are now common in Englsih gardens.