Lige – Wuzhiluo – 27 km
Our route proceeded around the lake past many small communities, where
villagers still fished for a living and lived a traditional lifestyle, including practising
"walking or visiting marriages". Traditional Mosuo women didn't marry in the
traditional Western style but, instead, met at night at the woman's house. At
dawn, the man went home to his own maternal family. Couples didn't start up a
new family and didn't share property. I should have been a Mosuo woman. LOL.
We went pretty slow and ambled into the tiny hamlet of Wuzhiluo at around
15h00. Wuzhiluo was peaceful and tranquil and we stayed the night. Wind's
Guesthouse even had food and such large quantities were served that I thought I
would burst.
Over the previous few days, Ernest had developed a nasty cough. The owner
made and delivered a unique remedy to soothe his chest (steamed pears in
honey). Here we encountered the first Western tourists, Marie and Robert from
France.