Shangrila

Dear Family and Friends I'm going back to the Himalayas for the third time, to do a month of volunteer teaching in a Buddhist monastery for nuns in northern India. Then I will spend 2 weeks in Cambodia and 3 weeks in Vietnam. Keep in touch.

... entry. Unfortunately, or fortunately for me I am officially in the middle of nowhere, China. I am currently in the fabled Shangrila, 3200M/~10,500ft above sea level. I'm actually amazed that there in an internet connection here. I'm borrowing the ...

16/09 Hel We arrive in Shangrila-la a little dejected after leaving Tibet, however arrive to find its a cute little village with an old town full of cobbled streets, wooden houses with slate rooves and red lanterns everywhere. As its still quite a high ...

So despite numerous chinese folk telling me it was a mistake to stay in Shangrila, I went with the westerners advice, and stayed a few days.  It was a lovely place, I stayed in the old town area, which had wonderful cobblestone streets and old ...

Shangrila ...

5 hour bus ride from Deqin to ...

Shangrila Thursday 6/8/09. Early morning start after a very good breakfast, the local bacon was excellent,   to try and beat the hordes to the Pu Dacuo national park. How wrong we were when we arrived at the starting point, I must point out the ...

... is very slow. We left Aukland at 5.30am and flew to Fiji yesterday arriving in the middle of a Cyclone. This realy is Shangrila. It is a island will all facilites, Golf, Tennis, Restaurants Bars Swimming pools the lot. We played golf this morning ...

... to collect my belongings. I caught a mini bus to the highway where I boarded a 9:30 bus bound for Zhongdian. Argh, Shangrila! At 3200 metres and being Yunnans first supposed taste of Tibet, it sounds so mysterious and fills ones mind full of ...

... KK town. We picked up our car at the airport and drove to ShangrilLa Tanjung Aru which was just 5 minutes from the airport. Shangrila Tanjung Aru is my Sunset ShangriLa...The sunset bar at the beach is the nearest and cheapest option in the ...