Trip Moments Recommendations
Great Hotel-View above Shaxis Countryside
Shaxi is a wonderful village area next to Dali in Yunnan. The hotel 'Du Shang Lan Zhou Rustic Luxury Hotel' is a great choice to stay in this beautiful part of Shaxi. The hotel is one of the highest buildings in the village and has many terraces. 🪟
🏡They have about ten rooms, prices are between 500 and 1200 RMB per night. Some rooms have a whirlpool and all rooms have this superb room. A Café is on the first floor.
📍It's not in Shaxi Oldtown, from there you have to bike or take a taxi for 5km towards the countryside road.
🍜 You can eat in the hotel or walk down to the village, that has restaurants.
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First day of Tiger Year in Shaxi
We started our trip in the morning from Dali with the direction Lijiang. Somewhere in the middle between Dali and Lijiang is an ancient town of Shaxi. Shaxi was an important stop on the old tea route, which lead from Yunnan to Burma and Tibet.
Just after we got off the highway, there was a police filter, where they checked our travel codes and temperature. Beware that you still have mountain road ahead and it is quite whirly. Also the road to Shaxi is not in great shape. Although I think they are working on an alternative way to get there.
When we arrived in Shaxi, we were grated by a town, which is still waking up. The pavement, the houses, the shops, the temple... Everything seemed to be out of a fairytale. And the elderly people were really eager to get to talk to you. I stopped to look for directions and a man came to tell me where I can find a toilet and also asked about where I am from, if we were already engaded in a discussion.
Xingjao Temple was decorated with red lampions. Sideng market square too, and all shops had red stripes of blessings, door gods and red lampions.
Everything was dressed up nicely for the new year, but there was no sight of the firecrackers in the old town. I think they all got cleaned up already.
I really liked the town. I think next time we should stay at least overnight there.
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