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When Young, You Should Go Far Away: A Solo Soul Journey to Lijiang, Lugu Lake, and Shangri-La Ever since I got "neurotic," I've felt so much more energetic — that sentence sounds absurd, but it was the truest reflection of my state of mind before…

Traveling with the Soul: Yunnan Under My Feet, My Heart in the Clouds Prologue: A Spontaneous Escape Have you ever had that moment—sitting in a noisy city, staring at a screen full of dense text, suddenly yearning for a complete escape? As the K159 train…

Drunk in Shangri-La: The Ultimate Guide to the May Azalea Sea Prologue: When Spring Arrives Late on the Plateau If you ask me what the most beautiful season in Shangri-La is, I'll answer without hesitation: from late May to early June. That's when the bitter…

2012, Conquering Lugu Lake and Lijiang: A World of Azure and a City of Splendor Prologue: Three Guys on a Youthful Expedition Just after the May Day holiday in 2012, my buddies Hui Ge, Xiao Chen, and I—three strapping young men—shouldered our backpacks and set…

Lugu Lake: A Place Beyond Words Weibo: @CallMeXiaoMiao | WeChat: miaophoto This piece of writing stems from a trip I took during the May Day holiday in 2012. To be honest, when I first published this travelogue on Mafengwo, my attention to the craft of…