1. Shanghai -> Kunming,  38hrs of sleeper-train. Great Sceneries on the road, noted some "I-need-to-come-back-spots"

YUNNAN PART


half a day in Kunming 昆明, just to wait for my friends, then hop on a bus to Dali 大理.
2 nights in peaceful Dali, visiting nearby villages like Xizhou, riding a horse,...
Then head to Lijiang丽江.. glp it's just a Disneyland-Unesco-chinese version.. berk. but bit of funny. Anyway, very nice temples bit afar from town.
Final hit: Zhongdian 中甸, also named Shangri-la 香 格里拉,  at 3000m high. Wonderful people, wonderful place. Riding a bike around the grasslands, pay a visit to the Lamasery, enjoying peace.

hop hop, time to go on : sleeper bus to Kunming plane (13hrs) and catch a plane to Beijing 北京.


BEIJING PART



Great Hike on the Great Wall, from Jinshanling to Simatai (4hrs).
Visit the Forbidden city (bof bof) and enjoy the peace of Beijing lakes and hutongs