The name Shangri La was made up by a British guy named James Hilton in the 1930s in his book, Lost Horizon. Until 2001 the city in China was known as Zhongdian (中甸), but the name was changed to promote visitors to the area. It's in Yunnan province but it's also the capital of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which borders on the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Tibetans call the area Gyalthang (རྒྱལ་ཐང), which means 'royal plains'.
🗻🎋 in china you can rent an electric scooter or bicycle on every corner and go wherever you want for about a dollar an hour. some of them come with hand warmers. but at what cost?
(they only go 25km/h)
🌸🏵🌺🪻 when your phone is running out of battery in china, you go to the tiny vending machine in front of every shop. you scan a qr code and a power bank pops out. you use it as long as you want and when you're done you pop it back in any machine. but at what cost?
(about a dollar for two hours)
