The Town is split in two, the old town and the new concrete block town. The old town really does have charm and there are small alleyways in which you can lose yourself, There is nowhere near the volume of tourists here so its much more like we expected.
In the centre of the old town, the local folk congregate each evening for an hour or more of dancing, it's really nice to see and it's not done for the tourists either, they simply do that everyday and really enjoy themselves.
Behind the dancing square is an impressive Temple and the largest prayer wheel in China, the Lama temple hardly gets a mention in the guide books which was a bit of a surprise as we thought it was really good and at night it's lit up.
We really enjoyed the old town and used it as a base to explore further into the Hunan area.
The locals doing their thing !
They keep this up for well over an hour !!
And most seem to know what they are doing !!
Tibetan bread filled with meat and vegetables ( Yak meat that is ) a sort of Tibetan Pizza..
Old Town Stupa.
Its a prayer wheel !!
Old Town view.
Temple images.
Lama Temple .
Linda and the prayer wheel.
3 times round for good luck... the sun came out the next day !!
Old town with the sprawl in the distance.
Lama temple and prayerwheel.
As above but at night ! 
Local building in the main town.
Modern sculpture.
Views of the close by mountains.
Temple gate.
This place even had cat on the menu !! ( I could have said pussy but that might have been a bit rude ) :-) ...
Balcony of our hostel.. nice place and cheap, a bit like us !
Old Town .
Not sure what this is but we thought it was pretty.
Nice wall.
Lama temple.
Some stuff from inside a local museum.
Some dead stuff from a local museum !Shangri-la blog ends here next up Baushuitai Limestone Terraces and a glimpse of the Tiger leaping gorge.
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