Shangrila

Intro to the rivers

To understand Yunnan, one need to understand the three rivers that flow parallel to each other. The rugged landscapes, the formation of town and villages, the economic actitives, everything that gives Yunnan a distinct taste stemmed from the fact that it is blessed by these 3 rivers.

On the extreme left is Nu Jiang (怒江) which will flow down to Myanmar, known as the Salveen River in Myanmar.

In the middle, we have Lanchang Jiang (澜沧江) which will bcome Mekong River in Thailand.

On the right we have Jinsha Jiang (金沙江 ) which will eventually become ChangJiang （长江）flowing all the way to Shanghai.

On our way up from Lijiang to Shangrila and Yubeng, we will come across Lanchang Jiang and Jinsha Jiang. Many photos that you see are all related to these 2 rivers.

Day 9 Kunming

Credits: Some photos are taken by master chin and Chuen Yee.

L ovely sunny day. We drove towards Shangrila.

Passby Nixi, a village that is good at making claypots. the driver stopped to buy a pot for himself. I took the opportunity to buy some souvenirs for friends as well. All those delicious steamboat was cooked using this dark clay pots.

The driver is going to bring us to our all time favourite mixian shop in Shangrila to have a good meal before we board the plane. Yun yum. This time round, I asked for extra topping of meat for all. Simply delicious. The different ingredients in the plastic tubs are an art itself, so pleasing to the eyes. We added different type of ingredients like chilli, sesame, ginger and all.

We spent the last half hour roaming around the twon of Shangrila before we bade farewell to it.

The Shangrila Airport looks much better than any airport that I have been to. It is so brand new. But only 3 flights a day utilize it haha.

We paid the driver and bade him farewell. The plane is late so we have to wait till 3pm. I chosed a window seat and tried to recognize the...