Comer Inn Dali
No.26 Bo'ai Road, Dali Town Dali, Yunnan, China
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A Rice-tastic Week!
... 8217;ve been more convenient to have stayed there as we probably spent more time hanging out there than our guesthouse, but it was nice to return to the tranquillity of the lake.
Needless to say the next day was a bit of a slow starter, but we spent a lovely afternoon exploring the town, including a peaceful walk on the old city walls, with magnificent views of the surrounding mountains and lake. We spent our final evening there hanging out with the guys ...
Mountains, Massages and Masterchef
... came out feeling refreshed and ready for the next days punishment.
Friday
We started the day with a good old hearty breakfast of scrambled egg and toast, kindly cooked on Hannah's sunburnt shoulders, or it seem't like it with the heat they were still giving off :-)
After the bike riding of yesterday we decided that we would have an easier day today taking in some of the views from the mountain passes that surround the city. ...
Dali: Appropriately Surreal (Was it all a dream?)
... I was wandering through Xizhou, I met a random Beijing businessman, as we were both drawn to a baba (local pan fried bread) stall. Think sort of small personal pizza size with a fluffy onion scallion pancake on the bottom and minced pork on top. So good. Since we were both traveling alone, he asked if we should just walk around town together (he had arrived by boat). We have very little to talk about, but I mentioned I wanted to get down to the shore, and he got ...
Cooking school in Dali
... boyfriend Martin and headed back to the hostel, where the plan was to grab our bags, head back out to catch the bus to the train station and (hopefully) be on the only train to Lijiang. The train service to Lijiang is new and cuts hours of the bus journey by slicing straight through the mountains. The train only runs once a day and the alternative if we miss the hour and a half train is a four hour bus trip on windy mountain roads - or another night in Dali. Both would be ok but ...
Where are the tourists ?
... Charlotte and I, to jump into the first night train from Shenzhen for the first leg of a several thousand kilometers loop into rural China !
First stop, Yongding county, the land of the "tulous" (meaning roundhouses, packed-earth edifices resembling fortresses). Getting off the train at about 4am, a guy offered to bring us and a another Japanese guy who had arrived at 2am to a guesthouse inside a tulou cluster. Cheap, clean, quite and with free Wi-Fi, the perfect ...


