hi, this is eric, from xiangri-la, saw your post on gokunming, and wanna recommend xiangri-la as your get-away place. the whether here these days is little bit cold but not that cold and i guess it is not a big deal for you. there are many places to visit here.
hi, there, i am from shangri-la and always take buses home or to kunming, so i know a lot about the buses. there are many buses a day to shangri-la, you can get the ticket in western bus station. there are both daytime bus and night bus, but there are more night buses than daytime buses, and i would say this is the best senson visiting shangri-la, cause it snows in winter and the wind there is a little bit strong, the price is aroud 210, hope you can enjoy yourself in shangri-la.