Wuhan to Lijiang Travel Guide
There is still a long way to go from Wuhan to Lijiang. It’s been a gradual and wonderful journey. It won’t change at first, but you will benefit greatly from a deeper understanding of Lijiang’s charm and cultural atmosphere. This is a tour guide from Wuhan to Lijiang.
At the end of September 2017, when I finished class in October, I had already decided to take annual leave, but we can take it even if we don’t want to. Although we submitted the application, approval was subject to availability. While we were submitting our annual leave applications, we were looking high and low for cheap air tickets. When we submitted the application, we started to travel to the northwest with low-cost air tickets from Lanzhou. We also brought along a younger sister and her family who had always wanted to travel but had no time and no plans. The annual leave is approved and there is only one week left before the trip. This week, I have to work consecutive shifts, so there is no normal holiday time. At this time, the air tickets to Lanzhou doubled - and a low-price air ticket appeared in front of me. Now who wants to buy the increased air tickets, I decisively changed my strategy. I found that the air tickets in Lijiang were low at this time, so I stopped working overtime every day and squeezed out some time to make strategies. Later, it turned out that the time was really too short and the strategy was not perfect. Thinking about our first trip to my sister’s house, we had an old person and a small child, so I didn’t have much time to think about it. Both Lugu Lake and Shangri-La chose 2-day tours.
About air tickets: Due to time and price considerations, Xiangpeng Airlines was selected for the round-trip flight. This time I had a particularly bad impression of it. No free baggage check, no meal, and the flight was suddenly canceled when we came back. Although he helped us return to Han in the end, my whole family was tortured to death.
About the 2-day tour: In fact, chartering a car is the best choice for tours, but I was too pressed for time and didn’t think it through thoroughly, so I chose a group tour that requires almost no worries. Everything is arranged and the price is relatively cheap, but if you want to have fun, it's best to charter a car if possible.
About the weather: The trip lasted 6 days, 4 of which rained. The light rain that can be covered by a hat is not too cold, but such rainy days seriously affect the mood, play, and scenery. The beauty of Lijiang is only in the sun, the scenery in the rain is really ordinary. In Lijiang at the end of October, you don't need a down jacket, a woolen coat is enough, and a light jacket that is not afraid of the cold will be enough. When the sun is shining, short sleeves are available. They say that the weather in Wuhan is like reading a book, but now I know that the weather in Lijiang is not as good as Wuhan.
About Van Gogh: Lijiang River (and surrounding areas) is waterproof, cold-proof and sun-proof. Various precautions. Even if you have never been there, you have always heard about it and you can see it everywhere online. Do people who have never been to the plateau care most about Van Gogh? The altitude of Lijiang is more than 2,000 points (I only remember the approximate altitude, but you can go there by yourself), Lugu Lake is 2,690, Shangri-La is 3,625, and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is 4,506. No one can tell who will have a high degree of opposition and who will not, and there are no rules. It all depends on your own physique and luck. My mother has hereditary heart disease and high blood pressure. She usually takes good care of herself and has never been sick. My niece is 5 years old. She is as lively as any other child and can get sick. They didn't react at all. I am the most ordinary normal person. I had a little reaction in Shangri-La, but not at all in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
About food: I can make travel plans and look for beautiful scenery, but I just can’t find food. Every time I travel, I eat wherever I go. When I encounter something delicious, I am lucky. If I don’t get something delicious, I won’t eat it next time. So I have nothing to recommend you about the food. However, Lijiang’s specialty flower cake is delicious, but it is not called flower cake. After tasting it, I know that the flower cake must be bought from Jiahua, and I will buy Pan Jixiang next time. Lijiang is now full of grilled food. 10 boxes/box, buy 5 boxes and get 1 box free, only for Jiahua and 3 yuan/box, buy 10 boxes and get 1 box free. Do you think it is expensive, but the taste is not bad at all? If you want to buy other products, it’s not impossible, but it is recommended to buy one or two boxes to try. You may regret buying too much. I heard that rice noodles are the most authentic in China
My original itinerary was to spend the first and last days in Shuhe Ancient Town and Dayan Ancient Town (commonly known as Lijiang Ancient Town), two days in Lugu Lake, and two days in Shangri-La . But on the way off the plane, the master told us that if we plan properly, we can catch the plane on the last day of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain trip. The whole family was moved, so we temporarily added the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to the itinerary. I sincerely thank the chartered bus master for giving us reasonable advice, otherwise I would regret missing Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
When I arrived at the place in front of the beautiful scenery, I discovered that there was something wrong with my camera. It could barely be used, but it had lost the effect of a mirrorless camera. Point and shoot is like a digital camera, the scenery in the rain is really much worse than in the sun, so the photos downstairs are much worse than what you see in your eyes. Please be alone to enjoy the beautiful scenery under the sun.
Travel expenses:
Air ticket: ***3794 yuan (rare children can buy special adult tickets, which are much cheaper)
Go: (290 50)* 4 290 30*5=1800 yuan
Return: 392*3 430*2 50*4 30*5=1994 yuan.
Checked baggage: 75.75*2 50.5=126.25 yuan (including handling fee) (Xiangpeng Airlines does not provide free checked baggage, you have to buy it yourself)
Accommodation: (66.3 49.3 48 49.3 )*2=425.8 yuan
Tour fare: 3184 yuan
Lugu Lake: 258 * 4 150=1182 yuan
Shangri-La: 478*4 90=2002 Yuan
Mufu ticket: 45.5*4=182 yuan
Chartered bus: ***509 yuan.
Pick up: 99 yuan
Shuhe to Dayan: 40 yuan
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain shuttle bus: 370 yuan
Snow Mountain Cableway Ticket (200 130)*4=1320 yuan
Changsha Airport to high-speed rail station: (20 164.5)*4=738 yuan
Shopping by yourself: 600 yuan (my sister hides medicinal flowers 2K, not counting my sister’s shopping)
Total: 3794 126.25 425.8 3184 182 509 1320 738-1000 (airline cancellation compensation 200 yuan/person) = 9279.05 yuan.
Snacks and water, 4 large and 1 small for 6 days, about 10,000 yuan.
10.19: Go directly to the airport after get off work and fly to Lijiang from 21:35-00:05——. No matter how annoying it is to go to work or how hard it is to work overtime, the mood of traveling is always pleasant. We booked the airport pick-up online in advance. The chef was experienced and friendly and sent us to Shuhe Ancient Town to check in.
10.20: The trip officially begins. Everyone knows Lijiang Ancient Town (also known as Dayan Ancient Town). In fact, there are three ancient cities in Lijiang: Dayan, Shuhe, and one whose name I can’t remember.
Dayan is the first choice for tourists because of its early development, bustling and lively atmosphere. Various 1- and 2-day tours are here to meet people. Shuhe has relatively well maintained the tranquility of the ancient city. Although compared with Dayan, Shuhe is too quiet and rustic, but personally I prefer this authentic taste.
Because I went to bed early in the morning, I slept until I woke up naturally on the first day. We found a random breakfast restaurant and had a bowl of rice noodles for each person. Although I’m not kidding myself, it feels delicious.
Lijiang Inn seems to be a culture. Almost every household has a small yard, with flowers and grass, and a dog - this is the slow life I yearn for.
This place in Lijiang is so idle that even a dog is lazy, and it is even bigger than in the mainland.
Freshly baked flower cakes can be seen everywhere in Lijiang. It’s all my fault that I didn’t prepare a strategy in advance. Silly me, I didn't shop around. I bought it as soon as I saw it. Actually, they are not bad, but compared to Jiahua's, I know what is authentic.
I won’t tell you, but my mother and my sister’s family are all in the camera.
Mufu was originally planned to be on the last day, but due to the addition of snowy mountains, it was changed to the first day, so Shuhe only visited for half a day, and arrived in Dayan at noon to visit Mufu. In fact, I don’t recommend Mufu to everyone, because some people think that charging tickets is not cost-effective. Just because I watched a TV series called Mufu Fengyun, I have an indescribable obsession with Mufu.
The ultraviolet rays on the plateau are really strong, and I am not nearsighted. Because of my flat nose, I usually don’t like to wear glasses, but this time, I really can’t live without sunglasses. When the sun rises, I can't keep my eyes open.
I have seen the beautiful scenery of Lugu Lake countless times on the Internet, and my sister has an indescribable yearning for Lugu Lake. But after arriving, I realized that beauty lies in the sunshine. Looking at Lugu Lake in the rain——it’s better to look at East Lake in the rain.
When the sun comes out, there will be blue sky and white clouds, absolutely no gray, and the lake surface will be as calm as a mirror. That's what beautiful things on the Internet look like. Unfortunately, I can't see mo
The tour guide of our 2-day tour group was a Mosuo guy. Not only does he look very ethnic, he also has a cool and rugged personality. To be honest, if you are traveling freely, don’t easily provoke ethnic minorities.
Dine together. The next day's visit to Mosuo people's homes was for shopping. It was not mandatory and the tour guide would not show it to us.
Although shopping is not compulsory, it takes 2 hours at this time and there is nothing to see around. If you just want to see the scenery, it is recommended to charter a car.
10.23-24: Tibet, not Tibet, but Diqing Tibet Autonomous Region - also called Shangri-La.
The tour guide is a female tour guide with rich life experience and full of personality. She claims that her mother is Tibetan and her father is Han. Although she grew up in a Han world, she has Tibetan beliefs. When you come to Tibetan areas, you will have different scenery and customs.
Laohu Gorge, with an altitude of about 1800, is lower than Lijiang. Some people actually said it was a high degree of rebellion, but it turned out to be psychological. Some people are like that. In the same place, if you tell him the altitude is 1800, he thinks it's fine. You said the altitude was 4,000, and he immediately felt uncomfortable.
Pudacuo National Park, the highest altitude we can reach in Shangri-La. On the 2nd, everyone in the group received a bottle of oxygen and rented a winter coat for free. The tour guide said that oxygen needs to be inhaled in advance to be effective. After a reaction, it will be too late to inhale again. I didn’t feel it all the way, but I didn’t inhale all the time either. Later, I walked and took pictures for 3km in the scenic area. I felt a little dizzy. I thought it was because I was tired at first.
But with my physical strength, walking 3 kilometers on the plain was not a problem at all, and I realized that it was a bit high, not serious. Take a break, drink some water, and eat something.
Putuo Lugu Lake welcomes us. Although it was raining, the sun in Putuobi still showed its face for a while, allowing me to see the reflection of the lake and sky under the sun, and see a rainbow. In just a few minutes, I saw the autumn colors on the plateau. It was truly a beauty that cannot be captured by a camera. I reluctantly took a few photos with my crappy camera and then it started to rain.
At the toast banquet in the evening, I heard that monogamy, polygamy, and polyandry coexist in Tibet. The owner of this family is a polyandrous man, his old mistress is 74 years old (I really can’t tell, she seems to be 50 years old), and she has 4 husbands and 9 sons.
Shambhala Kalachakra Tancheng, a shopping spot, is not mandatory. Tibetan culture and customs are great to see, even though I don't understand or believe them.
Duzong Ancient City has the largest preserved prayer wheel, and it takes about 5 or 6 adults to move it.
When the sun comes out, whether it is Lijiang, Lugu Lake, Shangri-La or Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, there is such blue sky and white clouds that I can’t get enough of it.
10.25: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was temporarily added
The driver who picked us up at the airport on the first night was very talkative, friendly, and experienced, so we unanimously decided to use the snow mountain and the airport. Packing her car (yes, it's "she" not "him").
Snowy mountains may be the most welcoming place for us, maybe knowing that this is our last day of travel. It was still snowing in Tianshan two days ago and the cableways were closed. The day we decided to come, the weather cleared and the ropeway opened.
Tickets for Jade Dragon Snow Mountain can only be visited in Blue Moon Valley, and you also need to buy tickets for the large ropeway in Glacier Park. The end point of the cableway is 4506 meters above sea level. There is an ascending plank road and you can reach Glacier Park in about 100 meters. This 100-meter walk is where high reactions are most likely to occur. We saved the unused oxygen in Shangri-La the day before for use in the snowy mountains. We were afraid that it would not be enough, so we bought 2 bottles, but God still left us with a little regret. Probably because of the heavy snow, the plank road was closed, so we had to return the oxygen we bought, and it was wasted by us at will. Don't buy 1 or 20 oxygen on the roadside in Lijiang. A bottle of oxygen is at least 5 or 60.
There are too many people taking photos. No matter how I looked at the angle, there were passersby. They were passers-by and the winter clothes they rented were like this.
None of the four of us adults brought down jackets, so we really don’t need them. The top of the snow-capped mountains is the coldest place. How to wear them in early winter in Wuhan, I put them on the snowy mountains. It was cool, but not so cold that I couldn't stand it. My sister still prepared a down jacket and jacket for her little niece. As it turned out, I would take them all the way down the mountain.
Blue Moon Valley is breathtakingly beautiful. There were five companies
We decided we had enough fun and went home. Xiang Peng, a fool, sent a text message four hours before the plane took off, but I hardly used my mobile phone while playing. When I saw this news, it was only three hours before the plane took off. None of us had ever been in this situation before and were completely bewildered. While making customer service calls, we rushed to the airport. Customer service notified us that there was a replacement flight.
On the afternoon of the next day, the airline provided us with free accommodation and compensated us with 200 yuan/person. However, we are all working people, we all have fixed itineraries, and we have to go to work the next day. Whoever wants to change the time needs this compensation.
When arriving at the airport, the grounded passengers almost knocked down Xiang Peng's service desk. After many twists and turns, Xiang Peng helped us transfer to a flight from Lijiang to Changsha almost at the same time, and then we took the high-speed rail home ourselves. However, there is still a problem. Lijiang flies to Changsha from 18:05-20:30. Changsha Airport is more than 20 kilometers away from the high-speed rail station.
The last high-speed train back to Wuhan leaves at 22:00. No one can guarantee the time from the airport to the high-speed rail, but there is no other way. This is the best option for us. The transfer fee will be borne by the airline, which will compensate us, 200 yuan/person, the transportation fee and high-speed rail fee from Changsha Airport to the high-speed rail station.
Sadly, the plane was delayed and finally arrived in Changsha at 20:40. We took the maglev train all the way from the airport to the high-speed rail station, and finally checked in at the last minute, and the trip was over.
Transferred to Juneyao Airlines. This is a light meal. It tastes great.
Accommodation notes:
We change inns every day, so I won’t recommend which one in detail. It is recommended to search on Meituan and place an order directly, not the verification code type. Except for staying in Shuhe Ancient Town on the first night, followed by Dayan Ancient Town, it is said to be outside the ancient city, but in fact it is on the edge of the ancient city, with each gate only a few hundred meters away. Girls can naturally find cheap ones by looking at Meituan.