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Relaxing in Dali, Yunnan Provence, China
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With its subtropical higland climate (i.e. the elevation is high but it is located quite south), Dali offers great weather even in winter time. During our stay average temperatures during the day were about 23°C with plenty of sun-shine and nights with at least 4°C. As rainy season lasted from April to October, the fields were quite green during our visit here in November.
Unfortunately with all this history and good climate, Dali is one of the ...
Kung Fu King
... br> We've loads of free time and there's not a lot to do with it. There's no electricity and playing cards or making too much noise is punishable by the Shifu plucking your eyes out with his fingers. The Shifu's the master and has all sorts of secret Kung Fu ability and apparently can even change form, usually into a squirrell. Apparently the writers of Kung Fu Panda stayed at the temple and based the character of the master in the film on ...
Dali, a cut above the rest
... old and still occupied by families. As we walk through the colonnaded passageways we see kids receiving home-school, women chopping vegetables, and the communal well.
From the old town we head to a simple factory that does indigo tie-dying - the main local craft. They produce throws, scarves and peasant work clothes, all coloured by rich indigo dye. At the top end of the lake the villages are untouched by modern improvements. The roads are gravel, the houses ...
Travelling is like flirting with life ...
... the Tibetan hills shrank, the houses grew larger, but everywhere the willows were growing apace.
Our steepest climb one day was from 2,900m to over 4,500m 72 switchbacks they claim. I lost count at number five. A fun road. Later that day driving up to over 5,008m the road surface was being redone and the road became bumpy and lumpy and slow and dusty. But I love the bleak and desolate areas up high, these arid lands are my kind of country. Valiant ...
Four days in Dali
... some fruit from the market to take back to the guesthouse to have with the cold bottle of the Dalat white wine I had brought from Vietnam. Minju appeared at the guesthouse so all the Korean girls were all excited, including myself. On the third day, we met a Korean mum traveling with her 31 year old daughter. So, seven of us Koreans and Minju's friend, an Australian-Vietnamese going by the name of Duke of Windsor went on a little excursion to Shaping Market, a ...
Location
Other places to stay in Dali
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Fairyland Hotel (Dali Zhongheju)
Dali, Dali | 3 star hotelfrom $36 -
Tianya Inn
No.5-1 Lvyu Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Hotel du Temps Perdu
81 WenXian Road DaLi Old Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $27 -
Mca Hotel
150m South from Wenxian Road South Gate, The Ancient City, Dali | Hotelfrom $19 -
Moonshine Inn
No.221 Yu'er Road, Dali | 3 star hotelfrom $21 -
Friends Guesthouse and Hostel
No.2 Wenxian Road, Old Town, Dali | Hotel -
Dali International Youth Guest House
No.181 Bo'ai Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
No.5 Guest House
No.428 Renmin Road , Dali | Hotelfrom $10 -
Wanderland Hotel
No.29-1 Shangcaiyuan, Bo'ai Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $23 -
Loon House
No.3 Huguo Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Hengsheng Garden Hotel Dali
No.3 Lvyu Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $23 -
Jim's Guesthouse
57 Bo'ai Road, Dali | Hotel -
Guiyuan Hostel
No.99 Pingdeng Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Yin Villa
No.109 Yangren Street, Huguo Road, Old Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $23 -
Camelia Apartment
50 Meters West From Shuangheqiao Bridge, Nanmen Gulou, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Xiuyuan Hotel
No.31 Lvyu Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Guesthouse Yu'an Garden Hotel
4 GuangYing Road, Dali | Hotel -
Qingxin Courtyard
No.36 Fukang Li, Pingdeng Road Lower Section, Dali Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $24 -
Jiaju Inn
No.81 Wenxian Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $22 -
Dali Zongshuyuan Inn
No.109 Yincang Road, Dali | Hotelfrom $19 -
Qian'S Hostel
No.138 Pingdeng Road, North Entrance of Old Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $15 -
Baiyun Hostel
No.22 Lvyu Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Xinghua Village Hotel
No.165 Yu'er Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Buluoren Hostel
No.6 Liupaifang, Fuxing Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotelfrom $35 -
Shedaizi Hostel
No.60 Renmin Road, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel -
Mercury No.39 Hostel
No.39 Yangren Street, Dali Town, Dali | Hotel
