Anyways, the water was a deep blue but the effect was ruined by the mounds of tourists everywhere, obnoxiously being super touristy without regard or respect to the beauty of the place. Here is a picture of my favorite tourist I saw that day... 
Also, There were yaks dressed in traditional clothing (weird), strategically positioned for tourists to sit on for a kodak moment. They're in the corner of this picture. And behind those clouds are two huge snow-covered mountains... supposedly... hehe
Many of the places we've visited have been filled with ruthless locals trying to make a profit off any unsuspecting tourist. I'm not sure how I feel yet about it- tourists are intruding on the scenic places but also contributing to the local economies, and the locals are just trying to survive and are already in lower economic circumstances....Anyways... After the lake, we had lunch at the place, and then watched a show called "Immpressions of Lijiang". It was quite impressive, with over 500 dancers and singers making up 10 different minorities of China, mainly of the Bai and Naxi people.
Their dancing reminded me of the "Splendid China" show I saw 2 years ago in Shenzhen, but it had a great cultural feel and a lot of great singing.
After the show, we drove 4 hours back to Dali, where we had dinner and then chilled at a bar on Foreigner Street. I had an orange Bacardi Breezer, bringing back memories from the previous 2 trips to China. =)
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I remember in Petra there was a lot of that kind of tourists and locals thing going on. I've heard it's worse in Egypt...the bedouins on the trails would sometimes follow you (especially if they were children) until you ignored them enough or actually bought something. The only time is made me feel frustrated was when this guy asking tourists to take a ride on his donkey finally started yelling at us saying that he had a family to feed and that we should be ashamed of ourselves for not helping him, or something like that. Tourist sites are strange places sometimes...often I also get annoying that there are so many people around and they are not appreciating the beauty of the place, but then again, I feel like the tourists are part of the experience and are part of the landscape these days...who knows!
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