翻過雲霧重重的白馬雪山，我們到奔子欄用了午餐，就續程往香格里拉。
After passing the cloudy Baima Snow Mountain, we stopped at Benzilan for lunch and then just went ahead to Shangri-La.
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經過奔子欄，我們開始翻越白馬雪山的路程。首先，到金沙江的月亮灣休息一會，再去參觀噶丹。東竹林寺，接著翻過雪山往德欽。白馬雪山，或稱白茫／白芒雪山，位於雲南省德欽縣東南部，是瀾滄江和金沙江的分水嶺，海拔一般在五千米以上，主峰拉扎雀尼。G214國道穿過中部海拔4.230米的白馬雪山埡口。
After passing Benzilan, we have a short stop at the Moon Bend of Jinsha River, then we went to visit Dongzhulin Monastery, and then keep up- and downhilling to climb over the Baima Snow Mountain. Baima (or Baimang) Snow Mountain, also named as White Horse Snow Mountain, is located in between Jinsha River and Lancang River, most of the peaks are higher than 5km. The G214 National Road is passing here at the point of 4.230m.
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到了香格里拉後，我們的旅程就剩下三天了。接著的兩天，只攻香格里拉（中甸）－梅里雪山（飛來寺）－香格里拉，是此次雲南行中海拔最高、沿途景色最優的一段。這一篇是從香格里拉出發，到奔子欄的沿途景色。奔子欄，藏語的意思是“美麗的沙壩”，位於雲南省迪慶州德欽縣的白馬雪山腳下，在金沙江的西岸，214國道從這穿過。自古以來，奔子欄是交通要道，是“茶馬古道”的必經之路，是從雲南北部進入西藏或四川的咽喉之地。
The coming two days, we travelled from Shangri-La to Meili Snow Mountain and turned back. This was the most beautiful part of our Yunnan tour. This article shares the pictures form Shangri-La to Benzilan. Benzilan is located in Deqin County, at the foot of Baima Snow Mountain and the west side of Jinsha River. Since ancient times, Benzilan has an important place for the transport from North Yunnan to Tibet or Sichuan. The G214 National Road (main road from Dali to Tibet) goes through here nowaday, and was also a must pass through place of ancient “Tea Horse Road” or the South Silk Road thousand years ago. Continue reading