The first few days in Lijiang

We're in Lijiang. We got here by bus from Kunming Thursday morning. It was a sleeper bus that got us here. Right before we had gotten on we got a bit of a bad review of it from some British people we met in a restaurant in Kunming. The trip turned out not to be all that bad. At times one had to hold on as we sped through the mountains, gripping the rails on your bed. Much to my dissappointment the movie on the bus was not "Cool Runnings." This town is intestesting. There are far more Chinese tourists here than foreign tourists. The people that are in the town are called the Naxi people. There are two sections of the town the new and old town. I haven't really been to the new town that much, it seems to be another city for the most part. The old town is where we're staying. The streets are all stone and all transportation is walking. Canals flow round the streets and are filled with goldfish. Bridges arch over the canals, both stone and wooden planks. It makes for a very peaceful setting. Graham and Brian bought a DVD player yesterday and have been working their way through the fourth season of the Lost series. Layne and Katie went for a bike ride yesterday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle). I think Nathan, Graham, Brian and I are going to do the same today. We're planning on hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge tomorrow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Leaping_Gorge). It should take us about 2 days but who knows. We're hoping that we can leave some of our stuff at the first hostel along the path.