May 24, the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Bureau published 22 measures for efficient service. Foreigners, who have won the Friendship Award given by the Chinese Government or Colorful Cloud Award given by the Yunnan Provincial Government, are qualified to apply for a 1 to 5 years’ residence permit in Yunnan. For eligible applications for work permit, the processing and approval time will be shortened from 15 working days to 10.
(8am)Shuhe North Gate(束河北门)—Shuhe South Gate(束河南门)—Entrance of the Ancient City’s North Gate Parking Lot(古城北门停车场入口)—Petro Company(石油公司)—Municipal No.1 Middle School(市一中转盘)—Ancient City’s South Gate.Yunwu Square(古城南门.云武广场)—Bailong Square.Lijun Hotel(白龙广场.丽军酒店)(9am)
The bus will stay for 5 minutes at each stop. Estimated the bus will leave Lijiang on 9am.
Pick-up point in Lugu Lake:
entrance of Lige Village(里格村村口).
The bus leave at 11am and arrive in Lijiang at 3.30pm.
The information was from the City Time Newspaper. It did not mention how many buses will be in operation each day.
From January 1, shuttle buses between Lijiang and Lugu Lake are available for tourists.
The trip will take about 4.5 hours. Price of one-way ticket for adult is 80RMB. Return tickets for adult cost 130RMB. One-way ticket for child under 12 years costs 50RMB.
After Jan.5th, the section of Kunming to Guiyang(capital of Guizhou Province) will be connected to the section of Guiyang to Shanghai(which has already been in use for a long time). So, after Jan. 5th, Kunming to Shanghai directly.
You are right. Maybe it's hard to buy tickets. People always want to have a "taste" of new things.