Adventure.  Of.  A.  Lifetime.  In ten days time, Brian and I got burned by the sun of the Yuanyang rice terraces, “wasted away” with other washed up expats on the banks of Erhai in Dali, strolled the Epcot-esque streets of Lijiang with a serendipitously encountered old friend, almost died in Tiger Leaping Gorge, and woke up to frozen toothpaste in Shangri La.  FYI we both lived to tell the tale, with a few first degree sunburns, some minor frostbite, and a blown out knee. After showing Brian a bit of [...]