白马雪山·香格里拉
No it's not, it's the grand U-turn of the Jinsha River
This day can be summarized as...
Read on to find out why
Read on to find out why
I wasn't keen on coming here in the first place bcos some pictures I've seen on a stranger's blog gave me the impression that it's a place with lots of greenery, mud and fallen trees in the month of May. But there's no other place we could go in Shangrila with the limited amount of time we have plus transport is not convenient and the places of attraction are very far away from town. The scenery was better than what I had previously seen on the web, maybe bcos the flowers start to bloom at the end of May. Greenery, mountains, lakes, wetlands and a sea of pink and purple Azaleas (杜鹃花) on furry fir trees (松萝). It'll be a sea of yellow in autumn. You can spot an occasional bird or squirrel hopping along the wooden planks. Not forgetting roaming cattle grazing on pastures. That explains all the shit you see up there.
Beautiful skies in Shangrila :)
Yes, we headed back to Helen's Pizza for the third time. Not that we love the food. We were still traumatised after the food poisoning at Tiger Leaping Gorge. But I'm getting sick of the food here...
Lunch was omelette fried rice
Watermelon juice for me and warm milk for him
We were buying groceries at a supermarket nearby and needed to go to the toilet urgently. Noah Cafe was the nearest toilet we could find so we settled our dinner here as well. Bad choice. Carbonara was damn dry and sickening. Homemade ice-cream was very nice! Who knows this led to another nightmare...
Tavern couldn't have us for another day because a family had booked our room so we had to move. Harmony was the place we had planned to stay in the first place so we went to check it out.
In the middle of the night, I started to have a bad diarrhoea. Worst diarrhoea in my life. I was shitting pools of mud non-stop. It must be the milky dinner at Noah Cafe. It kept coming and I was practically rushing in and out of the bathroom throughout the night...How am I going to survive the 9-10 hrs ride up to Meili Mountain the next day...? T_T
Watermelon juice for me and warm milk for him
We were buying groceries at a supermarket nearby and needed to go to the toilet urgently. Noah Cafe was the nearest toilet we could find so we settled our dinner here as well. Bad choice. Carbonara was damn dry and sickening. Homemade ice-cream was very nice! Who knows this led to another nightmare...
Tavern couldn't have us for another day because a family had booked our room so we had to move. Harmony was the place we had planned to stay in the first place so we went to check it out.
Cramped double room with attached bathroom was 80 yuan. Bathroom was so tiny there wasn't enough room to move my limbs without knocking into the wooden wall! There's no additional drainage for water coming out of the shower head. So the squatting platform serves as a toilet as well as drain the water away. Poor design. The only good thing was it's warm in here unlike Tavern!
In the middle of the night, I started to have a bad diarrhoea. Worst diarrhoea in my life. I was shitting pools of mud non-stop. It must be the milky dinner at Noah Cafe. It kept coming and I was practically rushing in and out of the bathroom throughout the night...How am I going to survive the 9-10 hrs ride up to Meili Mountain the next day...? T_T
We started off with a short but strenuous climb (high altitude made me breathless very easily) up to Baiji Temple, a small and relatively run-down temple hidden up on a hill that's just behind Tavern. Nothing special but I like the fact that I'm seeing something in its natural state. The view on top was superb.
YEAAAAAAA
As we made our way down, we saw that gold wheel and decided to walk towards it
Just when we were figuring out how to go there, we met this uncle who was making his way down the hill. He was carrying some pine cone trees that's used for incense burning. He guided us there as his house was along the way. Another kind soul we met in Shangrila.
Street lamps look like the Tibetan prayer wheel. Cool!
At the foot of Guishan Park
My camera is often in grave danger of falling from great heights
吉祥如意圣幢-世界上最大的转经桶
Guiness World Record-Largest prayer wheel featuring ORS!
This photo is for my friend Sabrina who introduced us to Helen's Pizza and provided us with useful travel information here in Shangrila! We had 3 consecutive meals here cos it's the only place we know that's clean and we could eat in peace. Service is great and food is not bad too.
According to Sab, the BBQ in town is really good and assured me it's safe but we were still very much traumatised from food poisoning so we didn't try.
Waiting for the daily Tibetan dance to start
She took the lead
If you wanna have fun, join in! Don't just stand around and look!
Don't laugh lor it's not easy k...u not only have to move your feet but also your hands
How RARE to see rs dancing! Looks like he's enjoying himself!
Dancing in the moonlight~~
They were trying to stop the male dog from getting on top of the female dog.
At the foot of Guishan ParkMy camera is often in grave danger of falling from great heights吉祥如意圣幢-世界上最大的转经桶Guiness World Record-Largest prayer wheel featuring ORS!
This photo is for my friend Sabrina who introduced us to Helen's Pizza and provided us with useful travel information here in Shangrila! We had 3 consecutive meals here cos it's the only place we know that's clean and we could eat in peace. Service is great and food is not bad too.
According to Sab, the BBQ in town is really good and assured me it's safe but we were still very much traumatised from food poisoning so we didn't try.Waiting for the daily Tibetan dance to startShe took the leadIf you wanna have fun, join in! Don't just stand around and look!Don't laugh lor it's not easy k...u not only have to move your feet but also your hands
How RARE to see rs dancing! Looks like he's enjoying himself!
Dancing in the moonlight~~They were trying to stop the male dog from getting on top of the female dog.
I actually lasted for more than an hour when I don't even know the moves! Haa! I like the feeling of moving and swinging together in unison (well not quite, some like me attempt to lol) with everyone else. We like the music so much we each bought a cd back home! Woohoo!
