Every night in the town square of the… Every night in the town square of the old town of Gyalthang, or Shangri-La, Yunnan , China, people gather and dance. tourists join in but it’s mostly locals. The music is a mix of traditional Tibetan and modern electronica. It is fun. Another one for Aunt Joan. […]

I love this stuff.

A video of our recent trip to Gyalthang (Tibetan name), DeQin (Chinese name), Shangri-La (new, made-up name). By any name is is a a Tibetan Autonomous Region in Yunnan, China and we were with the Tashi family (Kesang, Tsedan, Pema and Tenzin).

We continued the Blumenstein tradition of taking pictures on the first and last day of school. This was the last day. June 29, 2007.