Shangri-La Travel Blogs

The Gang and I arrived in somnolent Zhongdian ( ‘Shangri-La’ ) late afternoon yesterday.  A good time to do so as the perfect pitch of ochre gold that the sun shines this time of day flooded through and over the cobbled streets of the ‘Old Town’ like a gentle glittering river.  Pe…

James Hilton wrote a book "The lost horizon" to describe the extraordinary view of Shangri-La (also called Zhongdian).  I am here now! We took an hour flight from Kunming to Shangri-La. Kunming was not cold at all. We can wear T-shirt around, but when we got off the plane (in fact…

走在青石的小路上，看着勤劳的人民，享受着那来自天堂般的音乐，你会感慨生活原来如此简单！ Walks on the blue stone alley, looks the industrious people, enjoy that to come from the heaven music. You can sigh that：The life is so simple, happy! C'est la vie!

2000km, 8 days on the road, 1st time in Tibet, and unforgettable experience... I wonder why I waited so long:-) Plan to go back to Tibet soon!

Evicted from the states and living around the world for the next year...Rome, Napoli, Pompeii, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Firenze, Venezia, Prague, Budapest, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Kunming, Da Li, Li Jiang, Shangri-La and Shanghai so far...

Another destination that wasn't really planned. I wanted to return to India... China was a great experience. It change my views on that nations and it's people.

Flew into Shenzhen in the South and made my way through to the South West, the West and then all the way to the North West desert, which was the most incredible part of my journey (flew all the way back to Hong Kong). Did not expect to meet people from such a mix of different cultures. It was inspiring. A place, which i will go and see again hopefully along the silk road.