16/4/24
Tues:
It was such a peaceful morning. *Will
definitely stay here if I were to come to丽江again! My next trip here would be to spend at
least a whole day in the room and do nothing else~* So happy because I get to eat
breakfast for 40 minutes before we check out of茗和舒院 at 9am~ I loved their breakfast! It was the best米线I had in Yunnan, so I kept
telling Alina I must eat their breakfast before leaving and we managed to do so
for two out of three nights we stayed!
啊龙went to top up the patrol before we began our
long drive towards Shangri-La. We were first headed towards长江第一湾and啊龙dropped us off at a random run-down building at
10+am and told us to head upstairs to see长江第一湾from there.It
was tiring climbing up stairs till the fifth floor or so at high altitude but
by the time we got up there, other than the fact the wind was chilly, we couldn’t
even tell where长江第一湾was
no matter how we look out lol. *水太少了看不到吧。害我们还爬那么高…*
There
was serious traffic jam while we queued for虎跳峡 (Tiger
Leaping Gorge). We waited for an hour before finally getting in at 11.45am. Alina
and I spent extra RMB 70 each to get the “escalator passes” but realised later
we still had to climb stairs up at some areas lol.
虎跳峡是长江上游金沙江横穿玉龙雪山(5596m)和哈巴雪山(5396m)而形成的峡谷，是万里长江第一大峡谷。峡谷全长23km，峡地与山顶海拔高差3900m。景区分上、中、下虎跳。
啊龙said it was the dry season hence there was less
water but the water’s also clearer as compared to the brownish flow in summer. It
was a sight to behold… 敬畏.
*random but my hair’s somehow straighter and flatter in the dry Yunnan area~*
We
walked into the祈福长廊.
风铃声叮当响；到处挂着福铃，风吹来的时候就把福气吹响了~很好听呢! The sun was glaring on a
warm afternoon but it was neither hot nor cold really. Took some photos all
around~
Alina
and I shared popcorn chicken (RMB 25) but it was meh. We left at 2pm and had lunch at旺泉山庄half an hour later. We could see and hear the
stream outside as we ate. Had小炒肉
(RMB 48) and麻婆豆腐
(RMB 28) but I disliked the latter because of the “numbing sensation” from the
spices.
Got
to哈巴雪山观景台at 4pm. We were at 3068m ASL
already whoa. 哈巴雪山was
far but Alina rode and took photos with an old yak (RMB 20) that had a famous
influence as her owner.We
wanted to do a photoshoot at the outdoors in香格里拉so啊龙took us to独克宗古城as there were many photoshoot studios in that area
that offered the service. We ran a little late and at 5+pm, decided on one藏族服饰店to do our photoshoot at纳帕海 cos it was slightly cheaper
than another shop and had no crowd.I
tried on two or three outfits but I was not really into picking one since I
liked the red ones. Alina, however, had a harder time deciding between the “norma-priced”
ones or the “premium” ones. I paid RMB 288 for my set, which included the outdoor
shoot and make-up, as well as nine PS-ed shots. Alina took the premium package,
which costed RMB 400.It
was time for thick make-up haha. A lady in the shop had some opinions when the
other lady tried to put eyelid sticker on my right eye since my left one was
already a double eyelid, and she said it was better not to. *I thought I
looked better without it too.* She also commented on the “butterfly
stickers” on my face and the colour of the blush etc lol. The whole make-up was
done in half an hour I think!It
was a 20-minute drive to纳帕海and
it was already 7pm when we got there. The sun was setting down. Owners asked if
we wanted to do horse-riding but we were not keen. The photographer drove us in
because it was late and the owners gave permission for him to.It was freaking cold! We simply followed whatever instructions he gave as we did our solo shots and group photos. They were similar poses. At one point, he got Alina and I to hold on to a random wild horse grazing on the grass from nearby lol. *Quite dangerous because these horses can suddenly charge at one another or at people.* He was "pulling away" from me as we were posing lor.
Alina
helped me take some of the “Behind-The-Scenes” shots too hehe. *”Delete” my
sports shoes from the photo and it’d look better haha!* My eyes were
tearing from the strong winds so I was pretty sure the make-up was messed up at
some point of time lol.
I picked my nine shots from his soft copies by the next day, sent it to the photographer via Wechat and he gave me the nine edited copies not long after.
化身藏族公主的夕阳片刻。可爱温柔不失帅气，喜欢！
Clad in Tibetan Chuba. Charmed!
啊龙napped in his car while waiting for us and
drove us back to the shop at 8+pm to return our clothes. I could tell Alina was
unhappy at some point because she felt the whole photoshoot was compromised and
too rushed, but the sun was also setting too. She felt it was especially “not worthy”
for her premium package, but啊龙had
worked OT too and with the sun setting, we could not afford more time for more
shots out at纳帕海. *Good
thing we talked like adults first thing the next morning about this and we
realised it was not really anyone’s fault but the schedule was just too packed
with the long travelling. If anyone were to be blamed, which啊龙also agreed, it was喜妹, who did not a
do a good job planning the itinerary.*
We
checked in to藏胞之家at
9+pm and were both tired and hungry. Luckily, the receptionist helped us to
order dinner using their local app. The华莱士shrimp burger (RMB 15) I had at 9.45pm was small
but nice.I
could hear occasional sounds coming from the corridor, so the soundproofing in
Yunnan’s hotels are generally bad. It was also very cold at night so we had to
bring out another layer of blanket to keep warm at night. *Ouch my light
blue adapter spoiled after dropping to the ground too.*
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