China travel stories: Langmusi, Shangri-La, Tagong Grassland, and more. Scenic photos, Buddhist wisdom, and personal reflections from Sichuan to Yunnan.
🌨️🎄❄️ When you’re still waiting for the snow to fall, it doesn’t really feel like Christmas at all. // 当你还在等候下雪 一点都感受不到圣诞的气氛。 Dāng nǐ hái zài děnghòu xià xuě yīdiǎn dōu gǎnshòu bù dào shèngdàn de qìfēn. // Đương nhĩ hoàn tại đẳng hậu hạ tuyết nhất điểm đô cảm thụ bất đáo thánh đản đích … Read more
🌧️💔🚶♀️ June rain falls outside My heart bleeds inside Amidst the ruins of pain A longing to unite remains Yet, love often subsides // 六月雨纷纷 心内血淋淋 痛苦的废墟中 想在一起到别离 但是爱情在哪里 Liù yuè yǔ fēnfēn Xīn nèi xiě línlín Tòngkǔ de fèixū zhōng Xiǎng zài yīqǐ dào biélí Dànshì àiqíng zài nǎlǐ // Lục nguyệt vũ phân … Read more
This morning, I took a short troll to the Kunming’s Dounan Flower Market before going to the Kunming Changshui International Airport to take the flight back home. When I got back home, I lost about 1 kg. I thought the food was quite okay, but maybe I didn’t eat enough. In general, cities and towns … Read more
This was the first time I sat on a speed train in China. It wasn’t as speedy as I thought. The fastest speed I saw on the train was 198 km/h while I heard that it could be 250 km/h. Around noon, I reached Kunming South Station. Then I went to the Kunming West Hill … Read more
This morning, I went to visit the Potatso National Park in Shangri-La. The transfer bus to the inside of the park was the longest I’ve ever sit. The surrounding somehow reminded me of the Flower Lake (Hua Hu) in Ruoergai (Zoigê) which I visited in 2019. The elevation of this place was also the same, … Read more
This morning, I went to the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Though the water was not as high, the gorge was worth looking. It was another sunny day in Yunnan, but as I went higher, the weather was cooler to my liking. In the afternoon, I reached Shangri-La (Zhongdian) in Yunnan. The so-called little Potala was a … Read more
This morning, I went to explore the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Mountain) which was about 15km from the city of Lijiang. As I already guessed, it was quite hot there even though there was windy sometimes. The mountain doesn’t seem to have much snow left, or to be exact, there was stone with very … Read more
In the morning, I went back to see a lazier ancient wall in the morning with few people and store openings. I even saw a group of old women at the Dali cinema square practicing their umbrella dance. Then the bus took 3 hours to reach Lijiang around lunch. It was so hot (32 degrees … Read more
I had breakfast early this morning despite lack of sleep. Luckily, the sour beef noodles wasn’t as spicy as in Sichuan. The lunch and dinner confirmed that, too. However, some dishes seemed to be very salty. In the morning, the bus took 4 hours from Kunming to Dali. In Dali, I had the opportunity to … Read more