Do you know the “Lost horizon”? Or the black & white movie based on this story? It is the fiction, but who didn’t dream about the isolated from the world valley of happiness where the people live 120 years and more? Here they came to the conclusion that the valley around the town of Zhondian looks most like Shangri La and… changed the city name to Shangri La. For commercial reason of course. 🙂 Here I am!
I stay in Shangri La in the old mansion – old city area. Just 200 m up o the hill there is Temple of the 100 Chicken. Funny name – isn’t it? After the big fire of 2014 they are now restoring shops, stylish restaurants, guest houses. I am on the level 2300 m so it was not easy to climb tge stairs to the temple. But it is worth – not only for two ornate temple buildings but also for the unusual prayer wheel some 15 m high – I didn’t see such a huge wheel before.
Nights are very cold and the only good think is that they provide electric blankets. Sorry, beds are Very hard. After days of rice and noodles I found round the corner little Tibetan bakery – smaller bread costs 10 y, big one – 20 y. Bon apetit!
