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Dali Slideshow
Dali
Travel Blogs from Dali, China
Chinese logistics
... in China for three years (more luck for us as his Chinese was excellent). Of course things don't run that smoothly in China, so the bus to Dali actually dropped us off in Xiaguan where we were supposed to get another bus for a further 30 mins on to ...
Dali
... 11km trek along the "cloud pass" which was not a real trekking feat, but did go past some beautiful scenery with a wonderful view of Dali, and it gave us a little bit of exercise for our Tiger Leaping Gorge trek which is coming up soon. At the end of the ...
Chinese Folk songs and hospitals
Woke up feeling a bit better at least, and had a pleasant start to the day with a phonecall from m'Shaney, which was immediately ruined by the sight that greeted me after brakfast of a goat being shaven and skinned *shiver* RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR ROOMS, like ...
Dali, drogues douces et vieilles dames
Journee tranquille, c'est a dire qu'apres un solide petit dejeuner nous marchons jusqu'a la sortie ouest de la ville. Nous montons un peu a flanc de montagne, jusqu'a l'entree du telesiege, qui nous permet de monter de 700 ou 800 metres en 10 ...
Week Four off to Kunming and Dali
... . Marcia the forever TOUR GUIDE was worried she believer that two hours a head to the airport meant just that. My experience in China was that one hour was enough but as it got to 1 hour and 40 minutes she began to panic. When we got the ...
Another Travel Day
... and strain against their chains whenever you pass by. The toilets consist of three holes in the ground, with no doors (common in China, it seems that bathroom privacy is not a priority or a concern). My room's lock can be circumnavigated with a hearty ...
De knop voor de donaties niet gevonden toch?
Beste vrienden, Bij het aanmaken van deze blog heb ik doelbewust ook de knop donaties of giften of hoe je het ook wil noemen aangevinkt. De afgelopen weken heb ik berichten gekregen over het drankgebruik in Zomergem. Ik had op zijn minst dan ook ...
Almost out of China
... have lost weight which is great Tiger Leaping Gorge Tiger leaping Gorge is a fantastic Gorge reasonably close to the Tibet / China border which is renowned for its walks. Half of group headed off for walking for 2 days but we decided to take ...
Arrivee a Dali
Presqu'une grasse matinee et nous partons a pieds pour le jardin botanique tropical de Jinghong, qui est aussi un parc tres agreable. D'autant plus agreable que la chaleur est particulierement etouffante aujourd'hui, ca fait du bien d'avoir de ...
Space Café
... somewhat horrified expression. The next day, I bid them all farewell. And in the torrential rain, wearing my black hooded raincoat and big pack in its cover, I plod through the streets of Dali looking like some huge insect. Next ; An unlikely ...
Dali, Traveller's Mecca
... kein Naxi food mehr gibt, wird es wohl zurueckfallen. Chinesisch hatte ich bisher selten:-) Gruss Ralf P.S. Schneechaos in China noch nicht vorbei: http://www.spiegel.de/reise/fernweh/0,1518,531774,00.html Insofern habe ich Glueck:-) ...
Yunnan Province - Photo blog
... we have a connection in Shangqing. The pictures and stories have been added. Remember to click on the thumbnail of the picture to get the full size and my comments on each picture. The blog covers the last week or two of my time in ...
Bushing it out of China
Our next and final stop in China was the town of Dali. Due to the three days lost waiting to get into the country and the extra two days it had taken to get through the Himalayas due to the road closures we only had an afternoon and evening in Dali. ...
a day in Dali
Dali is a beautiful little town in Yunnan Province. It is one of Yunnans most visited town by tourists. Erhai lake is located on the east. Dali 大理 ...
Vieille ville et trop de touristes
... , il n'aura pas sa part ... Finalement, je trouve un hotel pas cher, tres sympa et mieux place. La nouvelle ville de Dali, a 1900m d'altitude se tient a l'Ouest de l'Erhai Hu (7eme plus grand lac de Chine). Plus a l'Ouest, la chaine montagneuse de ...
Reflections Of Pagodas
... Spring and the sight that attracts most visitors to Dali, the three pagodas. Erhai Hu is one of the largest inland lakes in China. It owes it’s name, which is Ear-Shaped Lake in Chinese, to its similarity to that particular facial feature. The boat ...
Dali, hat die Kulturrevolution ueberstanden
Dali (wohl gemerkt Alt-Dali) ist eine der wenigen Staedte in China, die die Kulturrevolution halbwegs unbeschadet ueberstanden hat. Teile der mittelalterlichen Altstadt, der Stadttore und der Stadtmauern sind heute noch erhalten und Dali ist ein beliebtes ...
Yunnan Adventures
... the architecture or dress (as in most towns)... but the people still have it. So, when planning your trip to China, go to Zhongdian, Lijiang, and Dali... but go to Kunming too. No need to plan on seeing any sights while in Kunming, just hang out in ...
Little town of only 400,000 people Nanzhao Kingdom
... good 3 hours inside the grounds of the Pagodas. They have the most magnificent buddhas and golden monks I have yet seen in China. Generally speaking it is a place well worth the visit and the money spent. We also visited the Cangshan Mountain. Which ...
Driving to Dali
... but still really pleasant to be out on the lake. The lake is named after its ear-shape and is the fourth largest lake in China at around 40 kilometres long and covering over 250 square kilometres. We ended the day with a walk around the old town ...
Searching for inner peace at Wu Wei Si
We took the Bus from Lijiang back to Dali and then found a taxi to take us to Wu Wei Si. It drove up a long and cobbled road through the forest until the driver stopped and told us we were there. Wu Wei Si is a 1300 year old temple where real monks still ...
Dead dogs and hippies in the Yunnan sun
... to skin the animal below him - which was a dog with its head cut off. Yep, definitely still in China! Dali's initial popularity arose from its location between the mountains and a lake (well that and the fact that weed grows wild here ...
Dali, China
... , went through emigration (is that what you call the opposite of immigration?), and went through immigration into the border town of Hekou in China. Sounds easy, right? Well that all took us about 4 and a half hours! We got to Hekou, had a very quick ...
Dali City
... ago and what a surprise, a really cool place. The town has got some great architecture and old streets that survived China's "cultural revolution'. During that time many of China's oldest buildings and artwork were destroyed. Because of the authentic feel ...
Dali
... way home to see the family and we had a nice conversation. Our 5 hour trip eventually took about 7 hours to complete. I arrived in Dali about 5:30pm and after having not had a good nights sleep was not real keen on marching all over town to find a ...
Best laid plans...
... the police at the checkpoints we passed (the Burma road is the main route for many drugs passing into China) joined in. I was relieved to get back to Dali, though I couldn't relax properly until my bag returned, completely untouched, and I could get into ...
Fear and Degradation at Tiger Leaping Gorge
... Horse' hostel. Which was incidentally named after the fact that this same ancient trail was once used by Tibetan traders who rode to China with horses and returned with tea. We could actually see the mountains of Tibet, 80 clicks in the distance. So we ...