Yin Villa Dali
No.109 Huguo Road, Dali Town Dali, Yunnan, China
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Smelly Dogs and Bad Monkeys
Ok, we stayed for three nights in Kunming but I'm not going to give it an entry to itself as it was a bit of a disaster. We headed there primarily to get Bethan a Chinese visa extension (James didn't want to go to the more remote parts of China and I had a 90 day pass) and get everyone a Vietnamese Visa. Contrary to what we were told the Chinese National holiday meant that the PSB and Vietnamese Consulate were closed all week. The guide books could do with being a ...
The Kindness of Strangers
... most of the time. It's also challenging at others, and it's especially hard when you're sick, but it's in times like these, times when you start to question your decision to drop everything and travel, times when you feel miserable and dejected that you begin to rely on the kindness of strangers and then you begin to understand why you decided to travel in the first place. No, it's not only to see beautiful landscapes, try exotic foods, visit ancient ...
Riding to Lake Erhai
... br> It was here, resting at the edge of the lake, that we realised how hot the sun had become. We were all starting to feel the heat stinging our arms and necks. We sun screened up and pushed on along the path going south.
It wasn't long before we came to a building on the lake, a large traditional looking Chinese building with little stalls set up out the front selling hats, fruit and food. We decided to stop and rest in the shade. There were two little Chinese girl and ...
Not just your favourite surrealist painter!
... English that I was able to join in and improve my Chinese a bit. It was also my first glimpse into the minds of younger middle-class Chinese. At one point some of the traditional Chinese superstitions came up, and I was surprised at how resolutely they all cleaved to notions of animism in this ostensibly atheist nation. In many other ways, particularly their aspirations, they were pretty much the same as anyone else in the emerging globalised culture. I was made to feel ...
You smoka the ganja? No, we hike-a the mountain
... looked like a cool place.
And it absolutely was. If not our favorite guesthouse, definitely in the top three. Nice location, just outside the city walls (quiet), pool table, DVD players and huge movie selection, decent food and drinks and a completely relaxing atmosphere.
The owner is a pool fanatic and you can challenge to a match -- if you win, the night is free, if you lose you buy him a beer.
My first game ...



