Jiaotong Hotel Shangri-La

... we had no time to stop for more yak milk tea. At times it was more of a slide down than a walk and there were also parts that were easyer to run than walk, after the past two days this wasnt hard at all but Xi's rocks in my bag made sure a broke a sweat. All in all it took us only two hours to get down to the hotsprings, yet again we didnt actually see them.<br><br>At the hotsprings we arranged to go back to Shangri-La with another couple to make the trip cheaper. We ...

We stayed in Litang a couple of more days after my last post, mainly because we wanted to see a small horse festival near-by. The festival it self was quite nice, even though it lasted a long time and I guess it could have been a bit boring in the end if I hadn&#8217;t had my camera. There was indeed a lot to shoot and I wasn&#8217;t the only one who had discovered that as the grassland was frequented by other tourists with SLR&#8217;s and long lenses. From ...

... from the lack of a shower door) to properly dry our clothing and towels.<br><br>Shangri-La consists of a sprawling new town&#8212;a noisy market, several streets worth of Chinese hotels, big government institutions, and sundry shops&#8212;and a narrow strip of "old town"&#8212;the typical re-built &#8220;traditional&#8221; buildings housing the same trinket tourist shops and overpriced eateries as Lijang and Yangshou; just on a smaller scale and with higher ...

... et recontre d une feancaise avec qui on est allee se rechauffer autour d un bon chocolat chaud. puis degustation de vin fait a shangri la, pas mauvais mais manque un peu de robe. pour vous ecrire, je suis avec ma capuche sur la tete,m es 2 pantalons, les doigts qui gelent. je vais aller tester ma couverture chauffate,je vous en dirais des nouvelles. samedi ; changement de programme, ce sera le ...

Et voila, apres 23h30 de bus, nous sommes a 3500m d'altitude, a Shangri-La. Le contraste est saisissant avec le Xishuangbana: un paysage desertique et des temperatures proches de 0 !!!Dans le bus, on a rencontre Olivier, un parisien qui voyage aussi en routard et avec qui on va rester vadrouiller (Il est photographe, d'ou les belles photos de nous !!) 1er jour: visite de la ville tres ...

... said our goodbyes as men and women's areas are segregated. The treatment were very good as the whole package had cost about 11 pounds each, although the body scrubs and Jon's massage were a little on the painful side (but you know what they say - no pain, no gain). When you are tired of all the exertion, you can relax in the lounge upstairs with your only personal TV (though only 1 English news channel ) and an attendent will soon arrive to give ...

... here it's a two-section ride on a chairlift to the foot of Fan Peak. You can climb a wooden walkway all the way up to 4,480m (14,700 ft.), where visitors are greeted with a stunning view of glaciers and with ice caverns. If you feel any altitude sickness, Chinese vendors will happily sell you an oxygen bag for around ¥30 ($3.75). Yulong (Jade Dragon) Snow Mountain Yulong (Jade Dragon) Snow Mountain, located 15 kilometers north of the county seat of Lijiang ...

... I could make do with sandals and socks even in the rain, here it was just too cold, but finding size 45 shoes for me was an experience because as I was told the maximum size available was 43, ironically eventually I found a pair size 47 and I made do with that. Whilst in town we searched for a travel agency or some one who could ...

Eenmaal in Zhongdian, hebben we snel de jeep en permits naar Lhasa geregeld voor de week daarop.  De bijnaam Shangri-la vonden we welverdiend, want de oude stad is echt heel mooi en voelt heel Tibetaans (Tibet zelf wordt ook Shangri-la genoemd).  De lokale bevolking komt er dagelijks samen op het plein om typisch Tibetaanse volksdansen te doen. Van daaruit zijn we eerst naar Dali gebust, dat bekend staat voor zijn drie pagoda's en authentieke oude stad.  Deze vonden ...

... Steve was struggling with over 30 kilos on his back. We finally reached the 28 turns at about the 4 hour mark. Rosie politely waited for us as we stopped at virtually every turn for a quick swig of water and to unhook the bags from our backs. Our determination, and the fact that we were with someone else kept us going and we made it to the top of the hillside which was about 3000m above sea level. It was all down hill from there, Jo nearly fell down the cliff edge at one ...