Originally Posted by
stut
I had planned on using the train more (the fast rail link from Dali through to Lijiang Dong is now fully operational - with a couple of overnighters from Lijiang through to Kunming) but sadly, as it was just before CNY, I found it hard to get tickets.
Yeah, the trains now reach Lijiang. But unless you're headed to Kunming (stopping in Dali), they don't seem to make much long distance sense. Easier to just fly there, I think.