I spent a total of 9 days there visiting different parts of 云南. It will be a novel if I am to write everything on the trip, so I think I will just summarise the most eventful thing of each day.
Day 1 - Arrived at 云南 airport early morning around 6.30am. I am travelling on China Eastern Airlines and the plane is really cramp. Worst of all, the takeoff was late cos' the pilots and the air crew was late due to shopping. Ended up very tired when we reached the destination, but the tour continues ...
Day 2 -
Wake up at 6am cos' I need to catch the 7.40am flight to Shangri-La. On arrival, we started the tour of the day. The tour guide is a 藏族. 
She warned us that the area is > 3000 feet above sea level and we may feel unwell as we are not accustomed to the high ground. (Singapore is only around 30-40 feet above sea level so you can see the big jump). I was feeling giddy and even vomitted twice that day. Gosh, what an experience ... We visited 2 places that day, 松赞林寺 and 纳帕海。
Day 3 - Was feeling better after a night rest. Today, w
e are going 丽江。Along the way, we passed through 虎跳峡 and 长江第一湾。 When we arrived in 丽江, we visited 黑龙潭，白沙壁画和世界文化遗产公园。It was a packed day.Day 4 - We are on our way to 女儿国。
The tribe is known as Mo Suo Zu and they are a matriarchal society. They practice a marriage system known as 走婚。The men worked to take care of their sisters' children, their own children are taken care by the wives' brothers. In this way, there is no monetary problems within a marriage as there is no $$$ involved in the family. The people claimed that theirs is the best marriage system in the world, based on love. Well ... they have their rights and views. I reserved mine :D BTW, it was raining when we arrived.
Day 5 - I nearly burned down a hotel today. It was brrr...rrrr... cold that morning. I placed my socks on the table lamp, warming them before putting them on. Then I go wash up. "Liz ... come out quick, there is smoke
in the room" my sis shouted. Alamak, my socks is gone.It was still raining ... and we took a "sampan" to an island to visit a temple there. Mind you, the water was very choppy and the "sampan" shakes, and
the rowers do not want us to wear life jackets. Then we went back to 丽江 to continue our visit to 古城.( I bought some 香包 from this NaXi grandma. She looks pityful as nobody was noticing her stuff, and my heart just soften ... so spent $$ again, but worth it cos' they really smell very nice and natural)
Day 6 - This morning, we had a view of the 玉龙雪山 showing his might.
Too bad the clouds covered most of the view when we were able to take photos. We proceed to 大理。We took a cable car ride to 苍山，visited 古城 and 洋人街。Yes, I did some shopping and bought most of my sovenirs there. The hotel we stayed was the best throughout the trip, it was a 5-star hotel opened only for 3 months and it is no higher than 2 storeys.
Day 7 - Another early morning call again. Today it is 5am in the morning cos' we need to catch the 8.20am flight and the trip to the airport will take about 45 minutes. We reached 昆明, and proceed to visit 九乡。
<--Twins Waterfall-电影“神话”在这里取景
Day 8 - We visited 石林, a.k.a Stone Forest. The area is covered under the sea more than
2 million years ago. The wonderful form of the stones were sculptured by nature.Day 9 - Finally, we are allowed to wake up a bit late today. The morning call was 7.45am and it is the latest hour throughout the trip. Today we are visiting 大观楼 and then it is shopping time before we board the plane for the trip home.
Home sweet home, the takeoff was late as usual. Pilots and air crew missing again. But finally we reached Singapore safe and sound.
