Shangri-la baby!

It's been quite a long 24 hours so I'll just do a quick update.
I left Shanghai (and the big Chinese cities) last night and did it by catching the worlds fastest train to the airport. The Magelev train is levitated on magnets and it took about 7 minutes to travle the 35 kms to the airport. It was definately the appropriate way to say goodbye.
I caught a flight to Kunming airport which arrived about 11.30pm and stayed in what was supposed to be a hotel but left a lot top be desired, I only got a few hours sleep as my next flight was at 6.50am and by about 7.45am I was in Shangri-la.
It was great flighing in through the clouds - we didn't have to come down to far as it is 3300 meters up and my sandles and t-shirt weren't really warm enough when we got out!
My shoes are back on and I'm glad I bought some thermal type stuff before I left as I think the nights are going to be pretty cold.
The sky is blue again and the air is fresh.. The sun actually gets quite warm as the day goes on so its really nice and great to be in the country side. This is a Tibetan area and there are alot of Naxi people around as well who wear distinctive clothing - mainly hats and headwear that is mostly bright pink and looks great.
I must have been quite excited as I hired a bike and visted a huge Lamastry (the biggest in SW China) (14 km return) and then climbed some more hills to get to a National Park area (16 kms return).
Thats my altitude training which should make me quite fit! Climbing those hills at this altitude made me think of the tour de France - not that I was going with any speed at all.
Having been up since 5 am I'm pretty tired and sure that I will sleep like a log. I'm not sure when I will be able to post and get photos up as the country side doesn't have quite the internet setup that the cities have.....night!