First take the minivan or public bus to Jianshuan bus station, fare is both 10 y

From Jianshuan bus station take the bus to Dali train station, fare is about 35 y

Take the night train to Kunming fare is about 300 y there are 3 leaving between 20.00 and 22.00 pm

From Kunming train station take bus no 152, fare 2 y, to the north bus station.

from here you have the 3 ways:

Mohan;                 leave at: 20.00 pm.  780 km.   fare 338 y

Vientiane;             leave at: 18.00 pm. 1420 km. fare 587 y. 36 hours!

Luang prabang;   leave at: 18.30 pm. 1100 km.  fare 398 y

note: If you can book in advance a flight from lijiang or kunming it could be done for just a bit more money.