Day 18 - Saturday 21/Nov/2015 - Bai Shui Tai


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November 21st 2015
Published: November 21st 2015
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Beautiful and peaceful white pools terraces. Pumakale (Turkey) like.
- entry ticket, 30Yuan.
- offering to the Spirit, 1Yuan.
- public bus to Shangri-La, 14:30, 2.5h, 30Yuan.

!---! Tibetian Garden Inn, Shangri-La, China, 100Yuan.


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The hostel, located right in front of the pools.
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Crossing the road, paying attention to a lot of these Donkeys.
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The ticket counter for the white bassins.
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The entrance to the site. The pools are reached after a 500m uphil walk.
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Difficult negotiating with these guys, claiming 2Yuan for incense to offer to their God.
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Negotiating again for the offer to their God (or Spirit?). Finally it was OK for 1Yuan each.
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Selfie with my Swiss friends when leaving the pools.
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Bus for Shangrila.
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Underway.
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Underway.
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Underway.
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Road works, underway.
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More important road works, holding the bus for more than an hour.
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The hotel in Shangri-La.
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The hotel room in Shangri-La. Nice, but very, very cold. No heating in almost all places here.


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