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Relaxing in Dali, Yunnan Provence, China
... for my flight from Shenzhen to Kunming, when the officer looked at me and my passport about twenty times before letting me proceed to the plane. So what was the lesson? Yes, it's time to get this beard fixed. Luckily the barber shops in the old town of Dali where we were heading to, turned out to be good for this! So my travel can actually continue! :-)
After landing in Kunming we took a taxi to the local bus station and took the long distance bus from there for ...
Kung Fu King
... part is that the monks don't belive in waste and everything has to be finished, even down to the last grain of rice. That sort of thinking suits me down to the ground! For breakfast we're served either noodles or on a good day Baozi, breakfast buns, with the holy grail of all food at the tenple being the elusive 'Snickers Baozi'; a breakfast bun with brown sugar and peanuts.
After breakfast we've three hours of training. We ...
Dali, a cut above the rest
... resident, more a solo traveller who has stayed on. We also find Simon staying here. He is the English traveller we met previously who had spent seven weeks at Sim's in Chengdu. Now he is ensconced in Dali with a new Chinese girlfriend named Echo. There are many others coming and going from the hostel and with Jane in charge, the place is the perfect location to relax, party and plan day trips. The food here is great, from Schuan hotpots to juicy pizzas and the best bolognaise ...
Travelling is like flirting with life ...
... Forrest (Acer forrestii, Iris forrestii etc) who was responsible for bringing conifers, Berberis, Cotoneasters among many other plants to Europe including fifty species of Primula alone. He was here, in the Yunnan province, back in 1903 at a time when foreigners were killed for being foreign. The local indigenous peoples saved him by hiding him and disguising him. He found over 1200 plants species new to science. And, in case you are interested, the very first plant ...
Four days in Dali
... creating a haze for most part of the day until the late afternoon, when the shades of colour of the Cangshan Mountain provides an atmospheric backdrop. On the first day, Dad and I went up Cangshan Mountain with Minju and three other Koreans by cable car. The return cable car ride and the entrance to the mountain cost 90 yuan. The four hour walk from the cable car drop off point at about 3500m elevation to Zonghe Temple is artificial with a paved walking path cut ...
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