yunnan, the travel diary

posts are going to be rather slow these two weeks – I am away on work without a laptop, and there’s only so much phone-squinting I can abide.

perhaps you’d like a look at some gorgeous (if I do say so myself) photos from my trip to yunnan in July?

xx
keep cool!

  1. kunming city, china
  2. kunming outskirts, china
  3. kunming to dali, china
  4. lijiang sights, china
  5. lijiang eats, china
  6. lijiang to shangri-la, china
  7. shangri-la, china
  8. kunming eats, china

the waterfall, shangri-la hotel singapore

wholesome, chichi, yummy-mummy-abound buffet of antipasti and salads at this cafe in the rather-tough-to-get-to shangri-la hotel (they serve up some fantastic mains too). I have finally made my way to this place, and it couldn’t be sooner – the food is light and clean (on the palate; hygiene here taken for granted) and varied in both flavor and color, and there’s a relaxing vibe to this place that lends itself to lazy weekend brunches.

great service too, and reasonable prices given the quality and type of food served – it’s worth the drive/ trek.

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shangri-la, china

today’s photos will probably explain why shangri-la is so called. taken during our days out at the pudacuo/ potatso national park, as well as at the ganden sumtseling/ songzanlin monastery, the view makes for fantastic snapping.

I’ll leave you to it.

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