Time: July 11-July 24 trip: Xiamen - Kunming - Zhongdian - Deqin - Zhongdian - Lijiang - Dali - Kunming - Xiamen Attractions: Meili Snow Mountain (flying Temple, Yu-Beng God waterfall), Baima Snow Mountain, Napa lake, Songzanlinsi, Bita Lake, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lijiang, Dali, Kunming World Expo
D1:
Take the 9:45 plane to fly to Kunming, Kunming airport to reach 12 points. Tickets 870 yuan / person, Liu Zhe votes. Kunming's climate is very comfortable, that can not afford to sweat. The afternoon to listen to an outdoor gear shop owner introduction, visited the Green Lake Park, did not expect really good, love-flower people love trees have time to spare can go take a look at, very cozy and comfortable in a park, open-ended , no fees, the entire park lush, and Crape Myrtle trees bloom so precisely, the lake without modification of the Wei Cao grow with. Birds are afraid of people, foolish, and there are many green ducks on the water quickly back glide. Kunming human bird lovers, there are a lot of people would just sit in the shade of the lake watching ducks and birds, blazing to do nothing. Around the park there are some small coffee shops, not too unique, but we in the "Green Lake Club to" eat a beef and cheese roll, taste very good, that is, onion birth to a point.
By nightfall, the dogs were all out, all over the world Huan run, the main people are contented smile, looking at his dog.
At night living in the Bao Shan Hotel, standard room 159 yuan / room. Samsung, the room is very general, but a good location, in the city center, to Shangyi Street Flower Market very convenient.
D2:
7:50 am plane to fly to Diqing Shangri-La County (formerly known as Zhongdian), 8:30 arrival. Taxi drivers in order to live, he introduced us to a hotel, deceive us that Diqing Youth Hostel - Traveler Club, very dirty. We insist to see the driver had no choice but to carry us in the past. This is a bad driver, still lie before us that that day did not go to Deqin shuttle, and we had decided to stay in the same day Zhongdian day, the next day before going to Deqin, after eating a cutting wisdom, ask a few people .
Travelers Club, two of 50 yuan / rooms, hot shower downstairs, water, hot and large, washed extremely cool. Can be considered as a major feature of the store, in the next 10 days, no one hotel or the hotel's shower can be with Bimei.
Songzanlinsi first went to the morning, there are buses (3-way car) directly to each dollar. Travelers Club at noon to eat a very tasty beef stew potatoes.
15:30 to go in accordance with La Prairie package Santana (Napa lake), chartered costs 50 yuan. Was later discovered can reach light to go, but half way, as it is impossible to stop for a photo. With summer here, the way colorful alpine wildflowers, swaying in the wind, the real beautiful. JOY and SNOW excited, jump off big film special film. A kind of bright purple flower color anomalies, previously never thought of purple can achieve such a transparency. Rape is still in full bloom, a stretch of a stretch, well looked, like a bright green strands of sunlight in one. Most of alpine flowers all have a common feature: bright.
Napahai not water, can not be called the sea, can only be called in accordance with La Prairie, did not feature. Tickets are 15 yuan / person, later revealed that there was no Maimen Piao, you can directly go from the edge of the lane.
D3:
Sat 8:20 of the long-distance bus to leave the Zhongdian, around 2:00 pm to Dade Qin. America was truly breathtaking scenery along the car's journey through 2000 meters of the drop, the magnificent scenery on the way this one can imagine. After Baima Snow Mountain, the scenery breathtakingly beautiful and reached the point at this time only to know "language beyond words," This sentence is not a cliche, could not find the right words to express his feelings, can only say that both then threw himself by a sense of happiness, filled with a sense of humility, like his Hedeheneng, actually able to see the true beauty.
The same vehicle encountered an old English, named NICK, 52-year-old, teaching English in Guiyang. He said that there are Canadians in Zhongdian, Deqin to persuade him not to come to be more some people advised him that he more they want to see what was going on himself, stubborn foreigner one. Out of the car, we asked him whether or not to fly with our colleagues to look at Meili Snow Mountain Monastery. He agreed. He said the crowd to see Deqin endure endure crowded, dirty was a complete mess, like a garbage dump, is preparing to immediately jump back to Zhongdian go back to car, but fortunately, we have encountered.
Package of a mini-van Changhe, 30 yuan to a flying temple. In fact, Temple is a temple named after flying in a small village in view of Meili Snow Mountain, one of the best locations, 10 km away from the Deqin, with 15 minutes. We live in the Meili Snow Mountain Villa, standard room 100 yuan / rooms. Hot water boilers fired in advance, there are "advanced" and shower facilities, but that trickle flowing, how to clean the how bad mood.
Villa Dawa driver pointing us to go take a look at the forest opposite, we walked about half an hour, your eyes will suddenly open, Meili Snow Mountain Range runs through the present, in our mountains and the Meili Snow Mountain is located between the depths of 2000 meters, there is a green The meadow and a paradise-like quiet village. Presents a huge mountain of Discovery ocean and the sky's blue in general.
Yak dinner Thelephora very fragrant, very well with rice.
D4:
Today is a long and memorable day.
8 am, Dawa to carry us on time. Mountain high risk, from the mountain to the valley is said that up to 2000 meters vertical drop. If one looks down from the window, down the mountain road like a coiled white chalk lines, both spectacular again stunning. It has been said here, remember that if the equivalent of falling car crash, can not help but smile. Gradually, the day of fog, can see only a few meters in front of the place, can not help but badly shaken up. Fortunately, soon dispersed fog, mist shrouded mountains, the scenery is more beautiful and terrifying.
Dealers and a half hours, passing through the Lancang River, arriving in the mountains far to see that beautiful little village - the West as a village. Blocks of a quiet white houses set off the lovely tree-crown rounded edges, looking both clean and leisurely, it is again and again think about the "Xanadu" is the word.
Not yet reached the West as a village is preceded by a forest armed police set up check points between vehicles.
Ming Yong Glacier exactly to the ticket 60 yuan / person, including attractions including Mingyong, West collapse when the hot springs and rain gods waterfall, even if only to one of the attractions have to buy full price tickets. In addition, Canada must also buy a 3 yuan, insurance, mandatory.
Dawa said the driver kindly Tibetan horse will provide our nervous, unable to appreciate the beautiful scenery along the way, suggested that we walk up the hill. As a result, not psychologically prepared for each of us was carrying the 10 kilograms heavy backpack, from 10 am until you come to 19:30, from the altitude of 2 kilometers of the West when the spring climbing more than 1000 meters of altitude three tea god. During the first up the mountain (4 hours), down (2 hours), arrived in the rain collapsed on the village, followed by rain crash down to the village (40 minutes) and then the edge of the mountain to God tea (3 hours), a share of nearly 10 hours! Mountain mud difficult, endless, and high altitude, so that from the zero-elevation areas of the young girl several times to face the edge of crazy! However, finally arrived before dark goddess, after tea, but also can not help but admire greatly from himself.
We have encountered some unexpected things:
Rain collapsed on the scenic village of leisure, very suitable for live one night, a pity that we only had two days to make their own arrangements, it is necessary that night went to the nearest edge of the God of gods waterfall tea. When we arrived the rain collapsed on the village when he was stopped by a village, a great evening, not live to his home will not release trend. It turned out that dozens of families from the village, the unified arrangement of the village turns tourists, arranging accommodation, if we do not live, he would have to be routed to earn a wheel Jishi Tian accommodation opportunities. At first a little annoyed, on what basis we would like to live in your home, especially NICK, hear what reason, immediately after the angry, the former British naval officer, he seems to particularly hate being forced to do. Later we still can not think of head-on, otherwise I am afraid that you really want to stay in tonight, here in; and if from the perspective of the villagers, he said that in fact there is a certain reason, we quietly to discuss the tone suggested that he requested the village to come to solve the problem, and the atmosphere turned immediately to ease up and eventually reached an understanding by the villagers who had invited his son to witness the village to prove that the three of us tonight, do not live in the homes of villagers, tomorrow to continue in his tourists. Wait mayor's son, NICK found that the villagers injured finger, he took out disinfectant and sterile dressing bandage tape for him, the villagers face more and more gentle, straight to the others boast NICK, said he was really a good man. Son village after the problem will be solved soon, so happy.
An arduous journey to the goddess tea, pass to the tent covered with a lie, if they had returned home, unexpectedly, "curator" This is where farmers come in cloth, it is difficult to tell us he was not good for us, because we are should stay in the village, if we are here to stay, it will affect the unity of the villagers, would be unfair to others. A remark scared us dizzy, my God! Let us live, Zaiwang Hui told us to go dark for several hours tonight and tomorrow morning is again walking the road this three or four hours, then with the murder of almost the same as ah! We Say You Say Me a phrase in the mountains, through said again, tears of the more backward. NICK Yunliwuli hear, look at this and see which worried incessantly. Fortunately, this is not a heart of stone inside Noumbou person, the moment the rain collapsed the village decided to get the consent of two villagers, pilgrims, let us stay there. After hearing him say, we are assured, but in fact the vast majority of Tibetans are reasonable, good-hearted, from their smiles can be seen. Sure enough, that two villagers agreed.
Tea goddess from the open air tents composed of several simple, saying that tea is actually a pilgrimage of Mt Tibetans drink buttered tea and evening resting place. Night only three of us are tourists, the rest are transferred Tibetan mountains. God, this teahouse on the edge of the road, we encountered numerous Tibetan mountains turn towards us smile, and some old lady has also raised his hand for us to pray, we are also directed at the way they smile and say hello, and my heart warm, it is Happy. Of course, such things usually only happen on our way down. Go to the mountains Qichuanruniu, heartbeat like a drum find any, a leg to stand is simply a climbing machine, where do still smile flowery? !
This farinon cloth as we have done supper, NICK like him to do the dishes, saying that his craft than his wife. Changing its Tibetan mountains with his two daughters came, and everyone Shuoshuixiaoxiao, so that we forget things all the dust a long time are not that happy laughter freely. Very happy.
The night we lay three other Tibetan guy with a tent Chase shop. A person a thick quilt, bedding is not dirty, although not comfortable, but the labor Leileyitian, there was a place to sleep We have also suffices. The night is not cold, despite the fact that the foot of the snow-capped mountains, glaciers melting is not visible all year round.
D5:
6:00 get up, wash after finishing rushed to God waterfall, today will still be relatively hard day. Are all uphill road is very steep. 7:30 or so, and finally to a waterfall at the foot of God, we are the first batch arrived, even earlier than the Tibetan pilgrims. God slender misty waterfall, but the sun did not see the Rainbow, it is a pity. We all learn from the Tibetans to the waterfall, under God, "Bath" has just made, supposedly can be blessed.
And so on for a while, or not see the sun come out, in order to hurry, had to back away. To the point of eating goddess tea for breakfast, go back quickly.
The early morning woods extremely fresh, fog slowly transpiration, Lin gradually bright, surrounded by green vegetation and the fragrance. NICK has a strong concept of time to formulate a tight schedule, has repeatedly stressed that we must plan arrived at a particular time in a certain place, we have been in the forest landscape to attract, from time to time to stop secretly panting breath, resting their feet, by the way film 2 photos.
To the collapse of the rain village, we would like to rent horses, but the rain collapsed on the village NICK that horse more than the saddle again ready to rent horses there is more to save time. However, properly take Leia from the bottom up, with great difficulty to the rain falls, we are asking to rent horses, the villagers said that the rain turn to collapse the village today, and have to go to the rain collapse rent horses. We looked at each other - did not think they can not even rent horses to take turns! In our request, there was a village on the village, said the notice from the village to help us is called the Malay village, first said that as long as 20 minutes, but, we waited and waited, during which repeated urging of the horse not see video. Impatient hum of NICK gas that villagers to deceive us, but also criticized the practice of the villagers are too "stupid", they suspect can not wait until the outcome is a mistake coming back in the day, Temple, repeated requests to walk. We also think that the practice of the villagers although to be fair is fair, and did nothing to efficiency, they are completely improvements, such as a notice posted in the village what to tell people who want to rent a horse to be where to rent horses here today. However, since the matter has been far, have no other alternatives but to repeatedly call NICK "Be easy". An hour later, three horses finally got come to realize that this three horses belonging to three different families, followed by drawing lots of people on horseback. We are very surprised that only one inquire about know that this is taking into account body weight for different people, like the horse who carried the body weight would be more tired. It seems the villagers here really is faster to reach the realm of communism.
Nice feeling of riding today, a real insight into what it meant to "jump Troubles" of. Riding up the mountain took only an hour, think of yesterday we have spent two hours down the mountain, well, ashamed ah, people better horse!
Yesterday, on the way to Mt encountered in four of the Tibetan Youth Jianbu like flying, but also to catch up with us, they say that they go into the mountains just 40 minutes, after listening to an alarming rate. One white-Mang named a 16-year-old boy Austin deer, has been to take care of us, for we have produced two crutches, is really a good boy. NICK, he said that if there is time, he wanted to go West, as a village to find the teenager, taught him to speak English, to help him become a good guide, because the future will be more and more foreigners come here for tourism.
Riding down the mountain to spend more time and spent nearly two hours, I do not know the reason is a long hill. 4:30 or so to the west when the hot springs, of course, is to first go to hot springs, and really comfortable ah! The past two days wiped out tired. 19:00 back to flying around the Meili Snow Mountain Temple Hills.
D6:
Or get up at six o'clock, Dawa, and we have an appointment with 6:50 to meet us, today's going to the White Horse Snow Mountain Dawa recommended. But the left-right, etc., etc. not see shadows. Until 8 o'clock Dawa origin. Last night he and his friends had to drink three o'clock. Well, for depriving the less we slept for an hour.
Fog a big, Han was invisible. Dawa took us to his friend's stone hut, let us taste the butter tea and Tibetan cheese - cheese. We have also watched the production of butter, cheese, and butter tea in the whole process quite interesting. However, tobacco is smoked in the house of people.
12:30, with a little sunshine, the fog lifted. Dawa with us for our first one cut of a bush to make a wooden chisel and say that they took us to dig white-MU, a high-level herbs, and we enthusiastically followed him the results had nothing found, an excuse. He later said he was 20 years ago, when grazing in this area, many of these medicines. We would like to: 20 years? ! Then, when he said we might see the snow lotus flower in the mountains, we have not respond.
Dawa is a good mood and good man, a pity considering the issue is too simplistic, which is in the next half-day where almost killed us.
Dawa led us into the valley of Baima Snow Mountain, this time the altitude of about 4,300 meters. SNOW from getting up in the morning a headache, this time a more severe headache, take an hour can not be adhered to, will have to ask first withdrawal, JOY, and NICK Dawa asked how far out of the valley, Dawa, and to be said that when the the road as long as, JOY, and NICK of course, is to select move on. Unexpectedly, they go for a whole three hours! Dawa take them away after a short distance on the way back to SNOW, has found a local herders and NICK lead the way for the JOY. Encountered rain, poor NICK wearing only short-sleeved T-shirt, had not brought water, cold and tired and hungry and thirsty, real hungry and cold. As he heads high altitude sickness more intense, and therefore it is a headache is numb hands and feet came close to being killed Dawa. JOY Fortunately, I do not know is not drinking butter tea's sake, be regarded as brave a plus, but also a Dong Zhuo. (Ex ante we have asked Dawa, Dawa said that the mountains are not that cold, so we are not prepared to point thick clothing.) When the two of them finally emerged at 5 o'clock, when the edge of the car, SNOW generally happy if the long-awaited reunion. Then I saw JOY climbed into the truck and ask the SNOW brown sugar to a block, like prairie dogs in general drastically Kaka Ka eating a pass, until the disappearance of more than half of large brown sugar until pressure of cross-breath. JOY said they turned over 4600 meters of the Yakou, scenery is beautiful, but the travel time is too horrible feeling, as if in the Arctic, NICK all the way to go, all the way angry, so difficult the road has been Dawa is described as "so easy", It is irresponsible, angry he was looking straight Dawa scores.
D7:
9:30 riding the bus from Zhongdian Deqin back to three in the afternoon to Zhongdian. Back to the Travelers Club luggage down a bath, we went to "Tibet Café" ( "Tibetan coffee" Hall) to find NICK, where the pizza taste really good, we are the United States and the United States to eat meal, but also, and NICK chatted for a while. (NICK day after tomorrow to continue on to Lhasa.) NICK some Chinese phenomenon very touching sort of "grief-stricken for their misfortunes and Nuqibuzheng" in. And this classic British live a few days later we were all always think of him - the impatient distinct personality and soul.
SNOW take advantage of JOY in the coffee shop the Internet, go to the vegetable market in Zhongdian County, visited the circle. Here are allowed to sell things in plastic bags, kinda environmental protection. Bought a lot of fruit, like a good Jiejie Chan, surprise, here are all thieves unpalatable fruit, sour.
D8:
Sleep late every day, nearly ten-point leads to the "Tibet Café" the United States and the United States to eat a hearty breakfast, after eating the streets in a taxi stopped to talk about setting the price to Bita Lake and the Tiger Leaping Gorge, 10:30 departure. Fare 300.
Dealers for over an hour to Bita Hainan line. A door to the Bita Lake, a large number of tourists make us secretly frown: Well that's not quiet! Fortunately, when we went to Bita Lake is a lunch group members travel time, Shan-lin, where few tourists. Bita Although the scenery is not bad, but Baima Snow Mountain, the magnificent scenery along the Meili Snow Mountain, in comparison, can only be described as pretty unusual. Moreover, when approaching a sense of Tibetan lake that we should wear clothes hidden camera with us in the rain on the way to the collapse of the simplicity of the Tibetan people have experienced is quite different. I do not know why some people are so Bitahai praises, saying that nothing less than a Bita Lake in Yunnan Province on the futile trip. In fact, the business atmosphere was too thick Bita Lake, the scene was still only the exceptional, with close to Tibet, northwest Yunnan simply can not compare. Yunnan, must go to the most north-west areas.
From the Bita Lake to the Tiger Leaping Gorge via a widened road, all the way smoke, dusty, dirty too terrible, but fortunately, pack the car.
Car into the Tiger Leaping Gorge road, flanked on either side Xiongjun peaks, feet is a turbulent river, side of a matter of heart rate a good scene! Tiger Leaping Gorge not disappointed.
Living in the tiger jumped into the evening party "in Gap beautiful Villa" - under the Gap, "Woody hostel" and the store is very clean and comfortable, a bed 15 respectively. The window is a picturesque beauty, its name is true also. The edge of beautiful Villa is a newly built inn Teacher Chang, want to come should be also good bar, but one thing is certain: that can not see such a good picture. Villa is also a beautiful this life of earth eaten chicken the most tender and delicious.
D9:
Today's plan is on foot Tiger Leaping Gorge. Morning from the edge of the trail Villa tiger jumped down to the stone, with 40-50 minutes when the Dow narrow, steep, and feet that cliff, we must be very careful, otherwise overhauled to finish off the fallen. We invited a local woman, lead the way, she reminds us that some stones can not step on very slippery, easy to lose one's footing. In the tiger jumped at the river break on the rocks, the magnificent, both sides of the cliff is a confrontation, is still very worth a go. Although the road to climb back up a little bit tired, we should be spending one and a half hour or so.
The tiger jumped down to the stone on the way through "Kikunami degrees" ( "Sandy's), a person required to pay 2 yuan money, income for local villagers, picking up rubbish and preserve the environment.
The Kikunami encountered a degree not far from the dark looking middle-aged villagers, the original that this person is the famous line "Teacher Chang." Kikunami book on the degree of its mixed message, I wonder who in the end is what kind of different people, but later lead the way to our young lad Yuyanyouzhi, said local villagers because of their high-handedness of his veiled criticism, perhaps villagers and walkers on the "Teacher Chang" the evaluation of different bar, but he can think of road construction and maintenance of the environment, from this point of view, or a subtle points.
Back to the beautiful Villa at noon to eat two dishes, soup, 26 per, inexpensive. 14:00 Departure to the name became widely known in halfway (half-way inn). Invited a local lad to us lead the way, and backpacks, each 15 yuan, 30 yuan total. Some way is another beauty: mist-shrouded mountains, just like fairyland, Longdong waterfalls pour from the top down, a bit "Fei Liu Mashimo 3000-foot" of power. And along the way encounter the lovely goat group, and twice saw the large and beautiful rainbow after the rain, turned out to cross the mountains before, is really pleasant.
Way stop-go, three hours later arrived in Half Way, Half Way house front of the house all kinds of flowers, hospital clean and tidy. , We were clever, the boss gave us the face of the Yulong Snow Mountain of the first rooms. To lay down their luggage, we quickly went to visit the world-famous "best in the world toilet," the. To be fair, Half Way is good, but the beauty of accommodation and chicken is still not as good as Villa's good, there's no time to eat Western food, do not know how taste like. However, the boss of young people are very warm and sincere, rather Bangzhu grace.
D10:
Decided today not to suffer, to an early return to Lijiang, corruption, and then 8:00 on the Half Way along the edge of the road down the mountain in less than nine went to the edge of the road, get a free ride to the mouth of the Tiger Leaping Gorge "St. Kin Cafe "- our luggage Trustee send there. "St. Kin" by mother and child care, her son is a particularly gentle youth. Look at book, English majority, are praising the delicious western food, but unfortunately it did eat stomach full, it is regrettable. We ordered a fruit yogurt, quantity and delicious to eat we are happy endless.
Passenger bus from Zhongdian to Lijiang 15 yuan per person, due to traffic jams on the road, spent three hours before to Lijiang.
Old Town of Lijiang, we easily found a home within the Inn is called "to talk about world music", and a bed 25 yuan, the environment can be.
Lijiang ancient city's business atmosphere is also very strong, and make SNOW somewhat disappointed. However, selling hand-weaving and shawls are beautiful, we bought quite a few. Many kinds of family backyard full of flowers, vibrant, and looked very comfortable. Jian-Nan Chun Man Yuen strange home opposite the name of the West restaurant called "Italian Blue Papaya," the pilot of a chocolate cake, a two-tone ice cream, a "Margaret cheese pizza", taste good.
D11:
In the Old Town of Lijiang in the morning stroll, 14:10 bussed out to the Dali. 5 o'clock in the evening to reach the ancient city of Dali. Dali洋人街's Western Store Let us very happy. Living in the "Mercury Inn", quiet and clean, with toilet and hot shower one night only 60 yuan / rooms, very cheap. Dinner on the opposite side of the "Sunshine Cafe" to eat, said the old US-open, black pepper steak taste nice! However SNOW point on the taste of strange tomato cream soup, drink SNOW straight frowned.
In the end of the street you can buy a stereo shop owner he has recorded folk music CD, the Middle East and Africa region, and some very good, the market can not buy, but a little expensive, one should be 20.
D12:
Dali spent the day today, bought a lot of sweet and sour, and delicious candied fruit Candied Crisp Plum Black Plum, Eating all day. 21:00 train to Kunming.
D13:
Less than seven in the morning to Kunming, asked a few hotels, said full, seems to come too early, no check-out guests. Had to live in Camellia Hotel Inter-standard, 200 yuan / day, is that this trip was the most expensive to live once, do not meet the standard self-tour, a bit Routong. Camellia Hotel is very good, however, be considered as value for money.
Afternoons Expo, a result of our favorite plants and trees disappointed: The extremely poor! Indoor Pavilion all trickery, all selling tourist goods; Outdoor Museum (in addition to the China Pavilion a little better) and flowers and trees thinly scattered, no one seems to maintain, not as good as Xiamen's Botanical Garden! 100 yuan tickets on when the donation to the Kunming people off, Kunming is also very like.
D14:
Bird and Flower Market, Kunming the morning and stroll a bit, there is nothing novel. Sell dog is sneaky, so we are very disappointed in Kunming, originally I thought I could see a lot of cute puppies. 1:15 plane back to Xiamen.
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