By the end of July, and his best buddies from DuPont Charlie chat, feel too much pressure, the stock market is not good, want to go out get some fresh air, they plan together, together. "Shangri-La" has provoked much discussion in Shanghai, "Lost Horizon," a book only pointed out the one called "Shangrila" in places, but did not give us clear instructions, generally refers to all the people of Yunnan Zhongdian, Deqin line, Shanghai, there are many people who went there. It was also said to be in the Nu River, but I also heard in the Southwest Sichuan plateau Inagi, Aden is called "the last Shangri-La", long inaccessible, so far not been known to the outside world, is a pure land of mankind has not been touched. Wolia unanimously decided to go to Zhongdian and Gulf of Aden to take a look to find their own hearts, "Shambhala."
Immediately begin action to determine the starting date, the selected starting at the September 22, October 3 about the return of full self-tour, we do not want any constraints by the travel agents do not want to catch up with the Golden Week and enjoy the original meaning of travel - freedom of choice, relaxed frame of mind. We both separately actions, he went online to find information about Zhongdian and Aden information, I was invited to go online with the travel enthusiast, and contact your local vehicles.
Data check down, let us have some understanding in advance: Inagi is located in the southwest Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is located in the southeast part of Sichuan Ganzi, elevation ~ 6000 meters in 2000, so its geography, landforms are very special and diverse oriented, mountain peaks, streams Diebao, towering peaks, alpine lakes, vast grasslands, dense forests, mysterious Tibetan Buddhism, Kham unique style, he has learned the hard journey and refugees kind of accommodation, near-zero communication, so that we had done a lot of preparation.
In the online travel forums, I made a quote that my plans, implicit is the AA system, and to specify welcomes 27-33 year-old white-collar workers participated, is that we communicate more easily, and soon there will be a lot of echo have asked, pointing to and application, and some want us to be deferred to the National Day, we are on as scheduled, others sign up, we try to meet, and finally to set the September 18 trip list with Wyeth The Claire, Lucent Athena, Mitsubishi Bank, a small music and Jenny, Solectron's Jessica, Qiao Tebo a small village, the new Plaza of Tony, together with DuPont's Charlie and I, and another three friends and we are in Guangzhou Lijiang convergence: Guangzhou media, Zhang, Hutchison Whampoa of Rebecca, the Norwegian shipping of Linda, a total of 12 people, mighty, of which eight are girls, there are several people took part in a separate one, so we found a girl the characteristics of romantic love, there are so many girls want to go to find their own hearts Shangri-La, Charlie and I found myself quite a heavy burden to safely back呀.
Contact vehicle until September 21 was finalized, mainly because I found a good guide - Di Jing, the National Mountaineering Association, having had more than 7000 meters, likes to play on the road is familiar, since early October to go to Deng Xuebaoding, so you just send us to the village of Aden, we must rush back, but finally met Gao Ren, not to be missed. Finally, we back off a number of other vehicles with his car, expensive but worth it, can only Jianjihangshi Aden out, and brightened up a little bit of uncertainty of travel fun.
Everything is ready, start.
September 22 Saturday, 1st day Shanghai - Lijiang live in the ancient city of Lijiang hotels and residential cabinet slept well the night, get up early to catch the FM451, Shanghai Fei Lijiang, Guangzhou, Kunming, on the plane from the confluence with us. Several people at the Shanghai airport, never met, using mobile phones to contact before. Than the one we met opened, to see who's backpack large, who more than backpack. Everyone brought a sleeping bag, clothes from summer to winter. To Lijiang quickly found a link a good Gold Cup cars went straight to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Unfortunately, bad weather, misty, did not see snow-capped mountains. Ill-begotten, only to pray for good luck in the future.
When the wizard Dijing dinner for us that the two lines, one for the regular tour routes, namely, Lijiang - Tiger Leaping Gorge - Zhongdian - Dechen; second line for the fans along the Jinsha River Grand Canyon overnight Haba village (the birthplace of Dongba culture), which is Lijiang - Tiger Leaping Gorge - baishuitai - Zhongdian, the line is more dangerous than conventional line, but hauntingly beautiful. Results 11 to 1, the second line to an absolute winner, it seems we all want to see more beautiful scenery, eight girls the confidence of the greatest!
Can not do not speak that night in Lijiang City is really beautiful, small bridges people, hundred times more beautiful than the south of Yangtze River. Living in the city, wooden window a moon, gurgling streams with human sleep ... ...
Sunday September 23 the first two days of Lijiang - Zhongdian Zhongdian Diqing hotel stay to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, 50 meters wide, the river suddenly narrowed to 20 meters, the surging river, the magnificent, getting hit deafening sound, not experience the unlikely they will ever imagine. Unfortunately, last night due to the Haba line set by the mountain village of landslides, embankment were destroyed, and not take place. So we still take the first line to go through Zhongdian, Deqin. Potala Palace in the evening the same day to reach small - Songzanlinsi, Meet the Living Buddha, point the lamp, wish for success.
Monday, September 24 the first three days Zhongdian - Dechen live Deqin A Dunzi hotel the day after Napahai (in fact, is a big meadow), benzilan Canyon, White Mang Snow Mountain, turning endless mountain, elevation Miriam has been pointing to nearly 4,000 meters. Bai Mang Snow Mountain Yakou only see some long glacier ice tongue to go out, the snow-capped mountains in the mist disappeared. Turned a saddle in the sun it began to rain. Charlie suddenly yelled "Rainbow", we looked back and indeed there is a rainbow across the canyon two peaks. We all got parking, I discovered that the bottom of the rainbow in the Tao there is a rainbow. We are yelling the Kuangpai for a while. It took another half an hour, the distance between the clouds revealed the one proudly towering peaks, reversed light shining under the Han-guang, there is a breathtaking feeling. Get off a look Dijing a little surprised to say that this is Kawagebo, commonly known as Prince Edward Peak, is the Meili Snow Mountain's peak, more than 7000 meters above sea level. He also said that only about a year more than 20 days to see this snow-capped mountains, we are lucky, but do not light, perhaps for me and Claire, Athena with the point of the Magic Lamp of the Bar bless! We are overjoyed!
Tuesday September 25 the first 4 days Deqin - Zhongdian Zhongdian Diqing hotel early in the morning went to live flying Temple, because it is the best place to look at Meili Snow Mountain. We would like to see the sunshine Jinshan spectacle, this time they bind tightly Kamiyama a veil. , We will be next to a small restaurant to eat breakfast, drinking butter tea big fire and saw a man and a woman riding a bicycle from two Swiss. We chatted with them for a while and had to admire their courage. They start from Kunming, cycling through the Dali, Lijiang, Zhongdian, until Deqin have been riding two weeks, but would also Mangkang Tibet. Their equipment on the bike strapped on the ski-shirt plus shorts walking in the rugged mountain road. They have gone to many countries, bicycles posted a lot of flag logo. We wish each other "nice trip". Di Jing tells us that the Grand Canyon on foot in the White Mang is also very fun, and truly off the beaten track. Unfortunately, the only other next time.
Zhongdian way back again through the Napa lake, I and my Tony, Athena, a small music 20 yuan per person for half an hour to ride horses. If you know in a few days to rely on riding the park, 4-5 hours a day, have not really asked me to ride the.
Wednesday, September 26 the first five days Zhongdian - Inagi Inagi live in residential areas starting from Zhongdian to Inagi through towns and along the way is the Shangri-La Grand Canyon. Red and yellow leaves have started, if the later two weeks, that is, the autumn hillsides, such as into the fairy tale world. Picturesque way can be described as better and better. The Grand Canyon at noon at Bristol soil Taniguchi, taste the delicacies from land - fresh monkey-head mushroom, chicken fir, pine mushroom and so on. While walking to see side to play, to Inagi is 21:00 more, the whole city without water, we have moved into Tibetan houses. It is worth mentioning is this: to see the stars of the sky.
Thursday, September 27 the first 6 days Inagi - live in Aden Aden Camp Shangri-La Villa 9 am departure, to the furthest village Daocheng - as far as the Geneva Township, the village - the village of Aden. Over the mountains, passing through mu birch, and Zaiyu rainbow. Coincidentally turned a mountain to see the rainbow after the bend, but also a snow-capped mountains startled eyes. This is a Xiannai Ri peaks (elevation 6032 meters), the eighth century AD, named master Padmasambhava Avalokiteshvara. Another two were sealed for the South Peak Yang Maiyong Manjusri (elevation 5958 meters), Dongfeng Xianuoduoji as Vajrapani (elevation 5958 meters). Three snow-capped mountains in the whole of Tibetan religious believers among the people famous and revered as a holy mountains. We have not yet reached Aden first to see Kamiyama, abnormal excitement. Along the way, Jenny-read the book back to us and tells the story of Tibetan Buddhism.
Daocheng to Aden from the road trying to fix, all bumps and hollows, a full length of 102 kilometers was opened more than eight hours. 6 points more to the base camp, we decided to live in Shangri-La Villa on the hillside. Aden accommodations are all tents, basic no electricity, but the boss amiable. We crowded into a tent to take the air a little bit, drill slept in sleeping bags inside.
September 28 Friday, the 7th day camp - Camp No. 2 Luorongniuchang live Luorongniuchang the morning, luggage storage a bit Villa, one rent a mountain at once. Each horse has a Tibetan groom holding, they also help us Beizhao Bao is a very honest group of people. After Chonggu Si, see pearl sea, background Xiannai Ri. Bad weather along the way toward the holy mountains go, the rise is a Kamiyama, bow is a mountain stream and spotless. 16:00 to network velvet cattle, elevation 4200 meters, there are two people slightly unwell. We rented a tent, take a break that evening we ate all the way from Shanghai and Lijiang bring dry food, letting the boss burned a pot of Chinese caterpillar fungus chicken soup in preparation for tomorrow morning to the altitude of 5100 meters of colorful sea sprint.
September 29 Saturday, the 8th day Luorongniuchang - stronghold of Aden to live in this sleepy month Lanjue Shangri-La Villa can not yet dawn has a lot of screaming sound. Wrapped in down jackets out of a look, wow! Yang Maiyong which she was about a mysterious face. Refused to take a wash brush your teeth, and quickly Nahao camera ready to capture this rare moment. Slowly, the clouds disperse, Yang Maiyong that the pinnacle of the pyramid-like full display in front of us. She wrapped Zhaohui, then the noble and elegant, really live up to this trip!
After breakfast, go hiking, there is a man with fever, we allow him to stay in the camps, others with only the camera, chocolate and water, and relaxed. Walked more than 1 hours, to a magic sets, the wizard said that half of it away, but I feel tired Bu Hangliao. Was about to back down, but to see everyone in spirited girls, on the wound and then climb. Strange to say, slowly I felt relieved, as if crossed the limit. Then, after a big half an hour to milk the sea (elevation 4900 meters). Approaching the sea of milk is really just fine to see, relieved against the snow-capped mountains, clear water and green suffused with a layer of milk, white, sticky, and very rare. Rest, we can build on big bang came to the colored beach. After a half an hour, the sun was shining and the three snow-capped mountains reflected upside-colored sea, really wonders. Only 20% of visitors said to be able to see colored sea, and we almost all successful! 8 girls, all were tried. Down a little bit dangerous, road is very slippery, we have to go carefully, this time showing us Xianuoduoji the body of his fortitude.
September 30 Sunday the 9th day of Aden Camp - Inagi Inagi Aden communities living too incense sleep last night, 8 o'clock we got up ready to go down the mountain, to the management office a question and found that no cars have been, and shuttle bus are going the, oh, this tragic, and we have only two kinds of options, either the first 4 hours of horse riding to the Geneva Township, think about how to ride down, and the other is to wait until 15 o'clock, the following cars and then go on to seek a girl the opinions, all escorted waist, said riding horses did not move; Fortunately, the car would come to 14:30, and we reluctantly bid farewell to the Kamiyama, bid farewell to the village of Aden, bid farewell to this "toward the sun" of the place, through day Watt Township, set up roadblocks when you have seen, there are a lot of vehicles waiting in line, to the mountains down the number of people in order to boost the number of people we are all secretly happy I am, also for the National Day to come here are concerned, the entire Los Cashmere cattle farm in order to receive more than 300 people. By Inagi, it already is filled with tourist customers, and encountered a tour group of people, telling that we have had two days stranded in the Inagi not be able to turn up.
October 1 Monday, the 10th day of Inagi - Yajiang Yajiang residential living in town again last night, Inagi water, and then eight girls on the 5100 meters of colored sea did not call anything, but six days did not bathe called a non-stop the I am anxious to take them all thrown into the holy lakes go, a good wash. The morning is filled with the look for cars, carts all available on the Gulf of Aden to go, and had no car to go to Chengdu, the direction of hard to find two car before agreeing to send Litang. Through is called "Daocheng ancient ice caps" in Haizi Shan, Kuanggu wilderness. Litang altitude of 4100 meters, is the world's highest administrative county, the plateau is a special day of blue, like a sesame seed-like yak scattered in the vast grassland, the people open-minded, can not help but roared several more; Litang the most famous is there a man - Kham guy, that name sounds enough momentum, they are known as the "plateau Gypsy", each Guang Han, upright, across a shiny silver of the Cestus, eyes Shuoshuo Brightness, these masculine men, a stalwart of the most significant is the brains behind the symbol of the "heroic knot", wearing a variety of styles of hats, then it is pride celestial dome! To the Litang Yajiang only to catch the bus to go, go there is more than 18:00, and is filled with the Chengdu to the car, all the hotels are full, even the lobby has also erected a temporary tent, ah, the Autumn Festival to be sleep on the streets to see the moon, and later a grandmother's help, we found a Tibetan family settled somewhere to live in what the people there are two Gold Cup car, once again to solve the difficulties that we go to Chengdu , and later heard that the Gold Cup Yajiang only five cars, you can see how good we are lucky!
October 2, at the first 11 days Yajiang - live in Chengdu Yinhe Dynasty Hotel Chengdu at 7:30 am depart for Chengdu on the drive, and 2 hours after passing xinduqiao, known as the "photographer's paradise", all the way to see many, many number of people holding a variety of cameras, lenses in that film, because we are down from the Gulf of Aden, but a few have been busy filming a hurry hurry, and a little "do not look back to Huangshan mountain" flavor, and now our best to resolve the the problem is that a bath at noon via Kangding, it really is "the city of Kangding Yo-Yo", is large in spirit. Turn the clamp, sa, scissors curved Hill, Gore Temple Hill, folded so that several mountainous mountains above 4,000 meters, after 21 o'clock finally arrived in Chengdu, reached the four-star Yinhe Dynasty Hotel, watching the streets people are wearing T-shirts, and we are sweaters, down jackets, covered his face full of packages of soil, dust, out of tune with the city, is not commensurate with the grandeur of the hotel, and we do not bother to take off more, and quickly took the keys back into the house to be properly a bath, my face used 2 times did not wash out the foam facial cleanser has come. Good comfortable bath, a good comfortable beds ... ...
Wednesday, October 3 the first 12 days in Chengdu Yinhe Dynasty Hotel Chengdu live comfortably up late, we have a rest day today in Chengdu, 280 yuan / Inter-hotel stay too comfortable, and some bookstores, some shopping and eating snacks, Some people watch movies, too-ya Italy, and then get back to Shanghai and Guangzhou, Chengdu 6 off tickets in the evening we have 12 people to the most luxurious hotels in Chengdu - Ginkgo Szechuan Restaurant to enjoy a meal, enjoy the every 10 minutes to you for the services sub-menu dish; in the table we take pictures, clearing the total tourism spend an average of 5300 yuan or so, we feel this is too cool of Playing and Meet together again next year ... ...
Thursday, October 4 the first 13 days Chengdu - Shanghai
12:10 Shanghai Airlines aircraft by Hui Hu and return to it after an absence of long-standing home. Ears on the plane or who had half of the 20th century legend - Joseph. Locke (first in the Gulf of Aden to the world's people) the words "in the whole world, what kind of scenery where there is still such and waiting photographers and adventurers! "
Back to immediately start writing a Cipian Shanghai travels, because it is felt it is too beautiful, and really recommend it to everyone, the Shanghai APEC meeting is a chance to go to Aden to play the best scenery is beautiful, period, people less, preferably less than 9 to 11 days.
Travel Tip:
Recommended routes, Shanghai Flying Lijiang - Zhongdian - Xiangcheng - Inagi - Aden - Inagi - Litang - Kangding - Chengdu - Shanghai, this is a gradual elevation above sea level, the adaptation period is longer, plateau is not easy to reflect, but heart disease, high blood pressure of people do not go, sleeping bags must take.
The best time is mid to late 10, the mountainside is the leaves are red, yellow, like the back of the fairy-tale world with further questions, please contact: netroad@guomai.sh.cn
Xiang Fu
October 9, 2001
Author: leonclaire
