Local transport by fishing boat took us across China's Lake Erhai and provided this etherial scene. Starting in old town Dali, a resident guide took us to a Yi village where the people and places we encountered were surprising and wonderful. From the long sheets of drying shrimp along the roadside to the beautiful faces of Bai babies strapped to the backs of their mothers at the market -- It was a day worthy of sustaining anyone's travel longings.