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A Five-Day Self-Drive Journey Through Lijiang and Lugu Lake, Yunnan | My Seven-Year Promise to Lugu Lake Some places are destined to be revisited at different stages of life, with a different heart. For me, Lugu Lake is exactly that kind of place. Seven years…

A Ten-Day May Journey Through Yunnan: From Kunming to Lugu Lake, a Rendezvous with Sunshine, Wind, and Moonlit Snow Some say Yunnan is a painting God left behind on Earth. In May, the wind blows across Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, brushes over the peaks…

Pilgrimage to Yubeng: When Your Feet Measure Heaven, Life Becomes Worth It Right now, I'm sitting in front of my computer, lips still cracked, calves aching faintly, the blisters on my ankles scabbed but not yet healed. Yet when I close my eyes, the snow-capped…

Lijiang and Dali Erhai Lake: A Six-Day, Five-Night Free Independent Journey, a Slow Trip to Heal the Soul Life needs a little sense of ceremony, and travel is the best way to infuse ordinary days with poetry. If you, too, long to escape the city's…

In the Creases of Time, Reuniting with Shangri-La's Four Seasons Some places, once encountered, become a lifelong obsession. For me, Daocheng Yading is exactly that. Eight years ago, I set foot on this land for the first time. Back then, I had no idea what…