Shangri-La to the Lanna Kingdom Porsche Club Hong Kong (Nov 2014)

ON THE ROAD EXPRIENCES Shangri-La to the Lanna Kingdom Porsche Club Hong Kong November 2014

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Table of Contents 04 The Cars and

SCENERY

14 MEMORABLE

MOMENTS

21 The

HOTELS

31 FOOD

and DRINK

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Itinerary Map

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Arrival in Lijiang Lijiang to Shangri-La Shangri-La to Tacheng Tacheng to Xizhou Xizhou to Dianchi Dianchi to Xishuanbanna In Xishuangbanna

Day 8 Xishuangbanna (China) to Luang Namtha (Laos) Day 9 Luang Namtha (Laos) to Chiang Saen (Thailand) Day 10 In Chiang Saen Day 11 Chiang Saen to Chiang Mai Day 12 Depart Chiang Mai

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THE CARS & SCENERY In November 2014, On the Road Experiences organised a twelve-day journey for Porsche Club Hong Kong.

Our

22 guests drove their own cars on an itinerary that ran from China’s Yunnan Province to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, crossing two international borders en route.

On the Road Experiences arranged for the 11 guests’ cars to be transported overland from Hong Kong to Yunnan. After the journey, the cars were transported to Bangkok and shipped back to Hong Kong.

In addition to handling all the car shipping and border crossing logistics, On the Road Experiences also arranged for a film crew and photographer to accompany the trip – the latter took the beautiful photos that follow…

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The guests’ CARS arrive safely in

LIJIANG

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A NAXI MINORITY lady sells traditional lotus-shaped lanterns in Lijiang’s OLD TOWN

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The open ROAD awaits…

Arriving at Songtsam Monastery in SHANGRI-LA, Yunnan’s LARGEST Tibetan Monastery 7

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Taking a

STROLL

around the monastery

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Yunnanese

SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS in the Baimashan Nature Reserve outside

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TACHENG

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Arrival in

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XIZHOU

SUNSET over the fertile fields of HISTORIC Xizhou 10

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The moon rises over tropical

XISHUANGBANNA

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A world away from

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SHANGRI-LA

Over the hills of the Nam Ha

NATIONAL PARK

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Arriving in THAILAND, land of the TUK-TUK! Secatibe runtum earum sincilla velenimus auta nobit raecus di omniet

Some travellers choose to move SLOWER than others… 13

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MEMORABLE MOMENTS When designing

an itinerary, On the Road Experiences’ staff seek out special experiences that are unique to each destination.

On this journey, guests visited a Tibetan family home and joined a private prayer session in ShangriLa’s Songtsam Monastery.

In Tacheng, guests watched endangered monkeys at play in their ancient woodland home.

And in the Golden

Triangle, everyone joined a sumptuous private dinner amongst the paddy fields, with some special guests – the hotel’s herd of rescued elephants…

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Capturing the action at TIGER LEAPING GORGE

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Our guests catch their breath at SONGTSAM MONASTERY Secatibe runtum earum sincilla velenimus auta nobit raecus di omniet

Warming up in a traditional TIBETAN home…

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Challenging SELFIE conditions…

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Time to REFUEL

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At the ANANTARA in

XISHUANGBANNA

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Making new FRIENDS in LAOS

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Breakfast with the ELEPHANTS at the Anantara GOLDEN TRIANGLE

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The Golden Triangle, where THAILAND, MYANMAR and LAOS meet Relaxing in the Anantara

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CHIANG MAI

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THE HOTELS On this journey, we used the best hotels available in each overnight stop. In several places, there was a choice of excellent five-star hotels, while elsewhere our options were more limited.

Happily, this part of the world is home to an ever-increasing range of excellent many in gorgeous locations...

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boutique hotels,

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Hotel Indigo

LIJIANG

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SONGTSAM RETREAT

SHANGRI-LA

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Songtsam

TACHENG

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LINDEN CENTRE

XIZHOU

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InterContinental

DIANCHI

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Anantara

XISHUANGBANNA

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The Boat Landing

LUANG NAMTHA

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ANANTARA

GOLDEN TRIANGLE

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ANANTARA

CHIANG MAI

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FOOD & DRINK To our minds, enjoying good local food is an essential part of a journey. On this itinerary, this might mean joining a boisterous Tibetan-style hotpot dinner, or slurping up a delicious bowl of khao soi noodles in Chiang Mai – meals that capture the essence of each place.

In Yunnan, local cuisines vary hugely, from the Tibetan-inflected flavours – cumin, roasted lamb and barley – around Shangri-La, to sour-and-spicy Dai dishes in Xishuangbanna.

In Laos, our guests dined on lahp and sticky rice, while in Thailand they enjoyed the best of the region’s Issan cuisine…

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Many kinds of SPICINESS for you to TASTE

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FOO D , D R I N K , H A P P I N E SS

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