I am preparing a trip to China this August. I wll entry from Chengdu - Leshan -EmeiShan-Chengdu-Zhongdian-Lijiang and would like to go to Yuanyang from LIjiang, so does anyone knows how to get Yuanyang from LIjiang?

Anyhelp?

Thank you

It's quite a long trip. There are no airports near Yuanyang, or trains for that matter. You could fly/bus/train down to Kunming and then take a bus.

You can also theoretically catch a bus due south from Chuxiong and follow the river down to Yuanyang, but you'll be taking a lot of the older roads and will probably have to switch buses a few times. That could actually be a cooler trip, but it would be more complicated and involve more road time.