Besides the monastery and horse festival, Shangri-la has been a nice place to hang out. Its not a big city like Kunming, but its modern. And it’s a tourist destination for sure, but a million times mellower than Lijiang. The surrounding scenery is nice, the food is good, the people are kind. Most women still wear traditional garb, which includes a wreath of bright pink yarn worn atop their heads, along with lots of silver and bead jewelry. Not much to report really, just a nice place (even if not the mythical location of its namesake).