9.29/30 Lijiang, the Yangtze River First Bay, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Zhongdian (Shangri-La)
29, 7 am to get up, eats breakfast, Naxi fat gold Columbia guide to meet us.
Car to the Yunnan-Tibet Highway (214 State Road) opened. Yunnan-Tibet Highway is worthy of is called "Britain dirty" highway, particularly in Lijiang to Zhongdian this road, all gravel roads, because he no longer 80 years since the construction of repair before, like the car will suffer the same: (no wonder already heard Tourism in Yunnan, as far as possible be able to transfer turning point on the road and some of you are Britain, it seems that we did not learn a lesson!! Lijiang - Zhongdian (Shangri-La) entire 175 km, need to Britain five hours because of bad road conditions were also more open so difficult.
The car has a Beijing aunts, and we chat, she said that this is the way to a meeting in Kunming play, because she was working in the Oil Ministry, the western spent a lot of time also went to many places to live in the lake two days ago, saying that where the special pretty, how how relaxed and happy, the daughter country ~ `tickle our hearts right, because we did not originally planned to go there, was that she wanted to look special:) .. (basic subsequent itinerary are things people said there were nice we'll go there, completely "Tour" off)
Half-way stop the Yangtze River First Beach, overlooking the camera down, in fact, no means the most. On the bus to continue to open, to reach the bridgehead - Tiger Leaping Gorge (on the tiger jump). My car was parked at the bridge, to go two kilometers along the travel path along the cliff to see a tiger jumping stone. Kazuma Ben climbed cliffs, thin strip of sky cover line River, stroll Plank Road to enjoy the endless stretches of canyon scenery. Vietnam tiger jumped into the river more rock direction, suddenly anxious, speed, faster and faster, can hear the roaring sound of distant cheering tourists from time to time, it seems that we are going into the tiger jumped a stone. Gone through a deep cave and saw the broad river rough, hit a stone tiger jumped an instant wave everywhere, is especially spectacular ..
Return longer follow the 2 km to the bridge on the train, ready to eat lunch. After a bridge on the formal entry into the Diqing Tibetan autonomous region, and our direction is to Zhongdian. Traffic is really bad, not a little bit of problem because the gravel roads, but also 9 18 Bay cliff, but also with the first two months during the rainy season, with the road can be seen because of mudslides, landslides and rubble piled mountain is also have pockets of small stones scattered scattered down, not scary, really bad! ! Our car also hit the front section of landslides (landslides from our car the distance is only two cars), to wait nearly 1 hour and engineering teams to remove stones only then that we can move forward.
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Zhongdian is the Shangri-La. According to the British writer James Hilton's novel "Lost Horizon" where there's imagination in "Xanadu" Shangri-La, would have been fighting for two regions, one is Lijiang, Zhongdian, one that is finally upon inspection, found the most Zhongdian similar to that just last year in May, the Chinese government officially recognized Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Zhongdian County, was renamed to "Shangri-La County." Shangri-La has already reached more than 5 pm, and the Tibetan tour guide to meet us. The story of this Tibetan tour guide, really good, travel along a very pleasant, people are very warm sense of humor, looks very characteristics that we call him ^ _ ^ Tashi. Tashi took us first to see Napa grassland. Shangri-La did not come until I was Mu "Shangri-La" reputation come to be here today, but I did not feel that, Tashi said that in fact Shangri-La is a quiet peaceful place, nothing very special, is the James Hilton novel brought them fame, in other words it can be said to give them wealth. In any case, to Shangri-La is the play's. Prairie riding (30 yuan / per), did not imagine that the green grasslands, Tibetan Aunt said that since they are not seasonal, that Shangri-La is the most beautiful season of 6-7 months, the green grass everywhere, and the rhododendron flower, as well as can be seen from the prairie The mountain peak (now all of a), of course, where the most popular horse-racing festival. It seems that we come to when the wrong, no wonder like "Shangri-La"!
Tibetans at home at night to eat, watch performances (40 yuan / per). Tibetan custom is the door a gift, a small cup of highland barley wine, highland barley wine 30 several times, drank like a white wine. Into the house, we sat around on the tatami, the table stood highland barley wine, barley flour, cheese and cup, from time to time possession of the family will come to you pour butter tea, I do not drink milk, so there is no milk ingredients on the table apart from highland barley wine there is no other thing I had to wait to see the L possession of the family show, drink my orange juice. Out performances were part of this one family member, in fact, this hotel is that they opened, so La Tashi said many people have reached and exceeded the well-off level, every family had opened the original restaurant Inn! ~ Performances also worth a visit, Man You Tibetan characteristics.
It so happened that Shangri-La to take into account transfer manager of a travel agent came to us, saying that special attention Dali travel there too. Customary mutual respect of the three glasses of wine, head a bit dizzy but still clear the on and managers chatted days, he asked that we have not seen Meili Snow Mountain, Meili Snow Mountain, said a lot of things, she spoke again moved us, and we must say it's nice to go there, but where to play would have no purpose in Yunnan, who told us "You" off it! Another day tomorrow, we should say back to Lijiang, Shangri-La, and 30 back to Lijiang, too early for us, we leave to go to 10.9 until the end of where the fun as long as we do have time to go, immediately shoot will not go back to Lijiang, Meili Snow Mountain, Shangri-La tour tomorrow we do not play by ^ _ ^ managers are we make will not do that for you to play, he helped us see if there is mission, the next day to answer, we half believed him, let him give us some arrangements!
Eileen because the drink more sober, spit out, and Tashi her pour a glass of tea, it appears that she really was Buxing Le, back to hotel early break ... ...
30 Songzanlinsi, Bita
Songzanlinsi the largest Buddhist monastery in Yunnan, because the construction in the mountains, a small reputation as the Potala Palace. Living Buddha monastery also published V, VII, Living Buddha in the Tibetan areas have a high reputation. Tashi took us into the temple to remind us of the door to his left foot into the first, to go out to his right foot the first step, even turned the temple of. The temple walls are the portraits, all kinds of Tibetan myths, Tashi 11 explained to us, quite interesting.
Bi-bound car and then the sea would also like to take two hours or so, traffic is better than the Lijiang to Zhongdian some point, but inevitably a small jolt Great Britain. Can be seen rushing around the way groups of Tibetan yak, groups of goats, very natural and simple, and sometimes in the county where you can see Niu A casual stroll on the road, nobody, and Tashi that this Jiaoren harmonious development with nature, ha ha ~ `yes Bitahai Nature Reserve, Northwest Yunnan Plateau alpine freshwater lake (elevation 3539), where no fun, unless you want to do aerobic exercise, walking up and down ladders cells 2 hours the lake is green, green, very beautiful, to the circle that Boat Tours (20 yuan / per) 15 Fenzhong.
PS: If you want to walk Tiger Leaping Gorge (in tiger jump), to bridge walk 28 Shui Po, the mountains, you can places the tea-horse Inn or Tina `s or Halfway, the next day and then jump down to the tiger, Zhang teacher's house down the road to the riverside. This should have been our line of Tiger Leaping Gorge on foot, and later went to the Meili Snow Mountain do not have time to go on foot, and a friend sent on foot on the road map and fare evasion Collection also those who need it, and basically still remember this line, and only have the opportunity to go!
Shangri-La Tashi tour guide, very good and thoughtful people, to Shangri-La tourism can ask him: 13,988,723,789 (also called him and I.)
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