Shangri-La's classic lines and a good driver and tour guide
My husband and I just returned from Shangri-La back. Pre-trip from the C-TRIP gained a lot of valuable information, so come back after some experiences and feelings, and want to share.
If your vacation is limited, but would like to fully tour the classic attractions, you can consider the following itinerary:
D1: Shanghai - Kunming (MU4578) 17:40-21:50, accommodation Kunming Airport Hotel (from the Terminal is only 5 minutes walk from the Office for easy transfer to Zhongdian, the next day)
D2: Kunming - Zhongdian (MU4487) 7:05-7:45, immediately chartered to the Deqin, noon meals to stay benzilan. Bai Mang Snow Mountain along the climb, the beautiful scenery from time to time people can not help but get off camera. Way stop-go, to arrive around 4 pm flying temple. Accommodation flying Temple (Watch Meili Snow Mountain, sunset, sunrise and the best location).
D3: End of Meili Snow Mountain to enjoy the sunrise, the start to Mingyong (the lowest altitude glaciers in the world). Riding uphill all the way landscape and beautiful. Down the mountain after the snow-fed brook for lunch. And then leave back to Zhongdian, about 5,6 hours in the evening arrived. Tibetans may participate in home visits at night. Su Zhongdian.
D4: an early start tour Zhongdian near the Songzanlinsi belongs to all lakes, or Bita Lake. Noon depart for baishuitai, all the way and crosses, both sides of the dense woods and beautiful flowers, silhouetted against the distant snow-capped mountains, extremely beautiful! Baishuitai arrived around 3 pm (the birthplace of Dongba civilization). Left, go to Tiger Leaping Gorge. Night stay in the tiger jumped Teacher Chang Inn (located halfway up the mountain gorge, sit and watch the Jinsha River, the location excellent).
D5: early in the morning down to the bottom, watch the Haba Snow Mountain and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain galloping between the Jinsha River rapids, abnormal spectacular. At noon depart for the lake. Night accommodation on the way: a tree land (the Jinsha River side).
D6: the morning continued on our way, arrived around 12:00 Lugu Lake. Tour boat on the lake two islands. Mosuo people visit the museum. To participate in the evening bonfire party. Lodging a product neighborhood (Moso family Inn). Although the distance between, but the lake is still a place worth a go.
D7: End of the Lugu Lake to enjoy early in the morning after sunrise, depart for Lijiang, arrived around 1:30 pm. Accommodation in Lijiang.
D8: Lijiang - Shanghai (FM452) 14:30-18:50
If you think the above itinerary is too hasty, of course, can save in some places (but Do not Zhongdian Shangri-La that part of the province, in our view it is the most beautiful places).
But anyway, if you want full use of the limited vacation Shangri-La and the surrounding areas to enjoy the beauty, hire a car with a good driver and guide is the most critical. Because of the beauty of Shangri-La is not only in these places mentioned above, where they were kept in the ground along the foot hill of the scenic beauty when: the way different styles of vegetation, Dawn and implementation of irradiation under the bottom of the village is the most sensitive issue to us were both. We are very fortunate to those viewing the beautiful scenery, we are fortunate from our driver and guide - Lao Xiong (alias "Clinton"). Thank him for his meticulous arrangements, and it seems to make our trip perfect.
Lao Xiong benefits can simply be summarized as follows:
1) The weather forecast the weather is to determine the success of one of the keys travel.
When an airport Laoxiong Zhongdian, we plan is to stay the night Zhongdian, visit the next day near the attractions, the third day of departure to Deqin. However, Lao Xiong Meili Snow Mountain, pointing the direction of the sky far to suggest that we proceed immediately to Deqin. The result: We flew the next morning at the temple to see a lot of people need to wait for days or even only a few months to see the sunrise spectacular Kawagebo peak. When we left, this peak became God retreat back into clouds. The sun followed us all the way until the left Lijiang.
2) experienced departure to Deqin ago, the Lao Xiong car with us the streets of Zhongdian county in a very slow rate of turn full circle, he later explained that, because we first arrived in the plateau, it is to observe our whether there is a serious response. Even later Deqin the way to go, he will be speed controlled in a certain level, so that we first came to the plateau are not used to the motion sickness. Temple stay in the coming night, in his suggestion that we bedtime sense of the g-man, the results of that night and therefore there is no anti-insomnia due to the plateau.
His car was also prepared with a can of oxygen, to prepare for rainy day visitors.
3) Good Guide Laoxiong Tibetan people, but apart from Mandarin and Tibetan, Naxi still talk about the various places along the way words and dialects. He understood that these different regions and ethnic customs, habits, and many unheard-of different things is a good guide.
4) Photography Consultant If you are a photography enthusiast, you will find he is a good guide. Our classic photographs, some of which he was recommended by the angle and layout. He is familiar with that area all of the scenery, is also a very fun person.
5) The organizers of the excellent leaving ago, I developed an itinerary. However, Lao Xiong's appropriateness arrangement I willingly gave up their own plans. Later, we were swept by him accommodation at reasonable prices.
6) Good drivers down the road into the mountains, the rugged mountain, her husband repeatedly praised his driving skills. If you are a prudent person would think this is very important.
7) and good partners, 7 days a hurry in this way, in addition to enjoying the beautiful scenery, we would be all the way laughter. Lao Xiong is a talkative person. Wherever he went, whether to eat or stay, he and those who are very familiar with the shopkeepers and the locals, everyone liked him. As his friend, we get more local people the opportunity to live.
Feel like making ads, is it?
In fact, as a tourist, and we are looking forward to the journey is not a common suspicion and bitterness, which is truly to enjoy beauty and to get along with people sincerely and frank understanding of the process. A perfect journey, not just enjoy the beautiful scenery, but also to understand the culture, and human process. So, if you have go to Shangri-La plans to recommend to you ---
Shangri-La County, Diqing Khampas Lao Xiong ( "Clinton"), mobile phone number: 13,988,700,791
(Attach Photo: Lao Xiong and his car in the Lugu Lake, a product ranking Inn).
Her husband said that now every time he heard the singing of the "Shangri-La" that song on the emotion they want to shed tears. I think beauty is a light there would not let us so moving.
Shangri-La, we will certainly come back!
Author: edmayzhao
