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The city currently known as Shangri La,

DSC_4067 s.JPG Ringha Gompa with prayer flags. We met lots of animals and mushrooms there.ThumbnailsA basket full of King boletes (Boletus edulis sensu lato)Ringha Gompa with prayer flags. We met lots of animals and mushrooms there.ThumbnailsA basket full of King boletes (Boletus edulis sensu lato)Ringha Gompa with prayer flags. We met lots of animals and mushrooms there.ThumbnailsA basket full of King boletes (Boletus edulis sensu lato)Ringha Gompa with prayer flags. We met lots of animals and mushrooms there.ThumbnailsA basket full of King boletes (Boletus edulis sensu lato)

formerly for 50 years Zhongdian and before that for many many centuries as Gyalthang, the royal plains by its Tibetan inhabitants.