Gyalthang Dzong Hotel Shangri-La

... of tourists having trouble. The main rule is to never lose your temper
and to be patient.
Cost – Comfortable rooms are available for $14
double. Meals are $5 for two. Buses are $7 for a four hour trip.





Crossing the Street – There are
pedestrian crosswalks; however, vehicles always have right of way.
The safest method is to wait for Chinese locals and stick to them
like ...

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... Xi'an - Chengdu train journey last week.

Today's been hectic. After the amazing eclipse we left Felai Si and hitch-hiked to Deqin. There we got chatting to a french guy named Euan. He was heading to Shanri-la aswell, and as all buses were booked we taxi'd it instead. After haggling with a number of drivers we we got the pirce down to ...

got to shangri-la around one or so. it was still raining so we couldnt see many mountains. we originally decided to do tiger leaping gorge today but since the weather was so ****** and visibility was poor we pushed north

shangri-la was renamed by the chinese government in order to boost tourism. see what ...

... At first I was amazed at how similar the landscape was to that of the Fraser Canyon or the Malahat Drive, but after ascending the mountain I was awestruck by the magnificence and the size of the surrounding mountains. On either side of the gorge, the snow-capped mountains tower over 4000 metres above the raging Yangtze River. About an hour into the hike our friend Priya began to get nauseous, so we rented her a donkey and porter to carry ...

... from the local women who had a particularly large smile on her face. The scenery along the way is spectacular and being one the highest gorges in the world it's not for the faint hearted. The next stop we met two girls from Sweden, Hannah and Fanny who's nick name is Coco for obvious reasons. After a little chat we decided to set off together and attempt the 28 bends which is the hardest part of the trek according to an English guy ...

... dans les champs se dressent d'imposants sechoirs a foin. La physionomie des gens est egalement différente: yeux encore plus bridés, peau foncée, pommettes saillantes et rougies par le froid. Hier nous avons loué des velos et sommes partis visiter une lamasserie, l'une des 13 grandes lamasseries de la secte des Bonnets Jaunes. Il est difficile de décrire l'atmosphere a l'interieur de ces immenses salles de priere, mais je ressens a chaque fois que je penetre a l'interieur d ...

... there is a small village -- Hetaoyuan Village, which has little contact with the outside, and where villagers lead a simple and natural life, dwelling in stone-plate houses. Lower Tiger Leaping Gorge The most important sight in the lower gorge is the Feixing Rapids, from which people can look down on the unconstrained Jinshajiang River. A 32 km long road from the Haba Mountain to Jiangbian Village has been opened to traffic, but traveling on foot is much more interesting.

... a plane was forced to land in a valley southwest of the Himalayas. To survive, several young men trekked a long distance. Later, directed by local people, they went to a place called "Shangri-La." It had snow-capped mountains, forests, gorges and lakes, and the beautiful scenery made people linger.

What was more fantastic to them was the social conditions there. Many religions co-existed and people of various ethnic ...

... on this far to long and I'm tired, but I'll start the updates again soon. Feel free to look around. There are a few more pictures acompanying the blogs you've already seen. Also, feel free to check out Mike and Vinny's Travelpod site. Starting in England, it follows their progress as they try to make it around the world without flying. I first met them in Beijing ...