Today various places claim the title of Shangrila, but in 2001 Zhongdian County in northwestern Yunnan province of China officially renamed itself Shangri-La County...
...yet another Chinese fake and the disspaointment of the trip (`cause to be honest my expectations were high)
Managed to find 3 reasons why you should still go to Shangrila:
1) red bushes in autumn were nice (then again autumn leaves in Latvia are so much more ;)
2) really stylish & cool cafeterias (not that you can`t find that in other places)
3) if it`s on the way and you simply have to pass it (like we did)
And some more reasons why not to bother:
1) it`s an artificial creation based on myth that attracts tourist and makes it all
much more expensive
2) not yet finished building the fake OLD town
3) did I mention the sky-rocketing prices for activities & sights?
4) there are much nicer & authentic places to visit in Yunnan province & in
neighbouring Sichuan province
5) obvious tourist trap
Shangrila "Old town"
Biggest prayer wheel in the world (so they say)
All right!!! This trip is over...time to use up all the oxygen ;)...this couple was not willing to waste a single drop even though they had no symptoms of Altitude sickness (in Shangrila it was possible to by oxygen to deal with Altitude sickness)
Some farewell check-in Chinglish ;)
Gan Bei for a fantastic trip!
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