If all goes according to plan, travelers will be able to reach Shangri-la from Kunming by rail, albeit six years from now. Ground was finally broken on a long-planned train track connecting Lijiang to its northern neighbor, with the ultimate goal of one day linking Kunming to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa.
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