Activities
Yangcheng Lake
Tony visits this lake, known for its hairy-crab farming -- and eating!
Location: Yangcheng
Town of Bachang
The Shanghainese come to this village to get away. They stay at a B & B, eat crab (steamed and dipped in ginger/vinegar sauce) and drink rice wine. Tony visited this town on his way to another location.
Location: Bachang (outside Shanghai)
Erhai Lake
Tony visited this beautiful lake, known for its cormorant fishing economy.
Location: Dali
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
At 4,500 meters, Tony isn't exactly loving this trek. But from the peak, he is able to see all the way from Shanghai to Shangri-La.
Lin Yanhua (Ham factory)
Tony takes a peek into a place that specializes in his all-time favorite food -- pork.
Location: Yi He Chun Village of Lijiang
Puxian Temple
Tony enjoyed a home-cooked meal at this sacred monastery. He dined on roast chili with eggplant, deep-fried liang fen (bean jelly), liang fen with chili and soy, hot liang fen soup and baba (bread).
Location: Lijiang
Prayer Wheel
Tony takes time out to visit this sacred place and give the wheel a big push of his own.
Location: Zhongdian
Restaurants
Yang's Fry Dumplings
At this roadside dumpling joint, Tony enjoyed a delicious Shanghai treat consisting of dumplings with pork, ginger, spring onions and pork-bone sauce.
Location: Wujuang Road, Shanghai
Nan Xiang Steamed Bun Restaurant
Tony was treated to a meal of male crab with pork, along with female crab and soup dumplings, a specialty of Shanghai, with his friend Vicki.
Address: 85 Yuyuan Road, Second Floor, Huangpu, Shanghai
Accommodations
Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Address: Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu, Shanghai 200040
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Regent Hotel
Address: Yu Er East Road, Dali Old Town
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Zen Garden Hotel
Address: Wuyi Road Xingren #36, Lijiang Old Town, Lijiang
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Shangri-La Paradise Hotel Yunnan
Address: Changzheng Middle Road, Shangri-La County, Zhongdian, Yunnan
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Intercontinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong
Address: 70 Modi Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. of China
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