Cang Shan Dali

... en subir. Cuando ya casi estaba arriba de todo, empezo a llover, mecachis. Cuando llegue, me di una vueltecita sin alejarme demasiado del telesilla, para bajar antes de las seis. Saque unas cuantas fotos de las vistas desde el mirador y entre al templo de Zhonghe. Por lo visto, el templo es taoista, pero los monjes no. Segun la Wikipedia, los que trabajan alli tienen el templo subcontratado para sacar dinero de las donaciones de la gente ...

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We rented some bikes, and headed off - only 40 mins cycle up the road, they said...




2 hours later we were still pedaling!




Not to worry, we had some fly rice once we arrived at our destination...yum yum!




Rice before the flies!




We cycled this path




And this one!



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... but could take take consolation that she hadcompleted all the difficult sections of the ride so far and going up that last hill while unwell would have been a very difficult thing to do. Man, it was hard enough to do when fully fit. After morning tea at the ...

... sun finally showing us the amazing scenery and allowing us to practice in the beautiful forest, we were more than willing to stick around for a month. But our visa (and the entire G-Year) was running out and there was so much more we still wanted to see, and so we thanked the boys and their master, bid them Amitofu and hit the road. More pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/Gilli.Guy/G YearKungFuBootcampAtWuWeiSi#

... was a little too much like herding cats, even though there were only 3 of us, but we eventually decided to go check out the "Butterfly Spring" town outside Dali. Of course, when we got to the town it was a walled park that charged 65 yuan for one FOREIGN person to enter, which we all, being the spendthrifts we were, quickly vetoed. Instead we decided to wander around, take some photos, enjoy the lovely weather, and see what arose from there. We got some great pictures, went ...

... translated as 'ear-shaped lake'). After enough hiking for one week, a 30 minute chair-lift ride up the mountain gave fantastic views of the lake and a cat being sick as we enjoyed a coke at the summit. The old-town itself can be describe as a more grimy version of Lijiang. While it is lacking in the immediate in your face character of the latter, it still achieves its own individual charm thanks ...

... selling them. He knew a place in Wase, and, sure enough, we found what we were looking for there at really reasonable prices. Down then around the eastern shore we stopped at Guanyin Temple, famous for its Mirror-Image temple at the top where once again we could see karst limestone formations, much like the Stone Forest although small in comparison. We got back to old town Dali by around 5 p.m., and said ...

... and made me realise a little of the harshness of life in rural China. 296 300 312 It was easy to remain happy tho as it was Chinese New Year's Eve! This meant a big meal and local liqeur! The meal was great and we were all poured a cup (3shots) of this paint stripper smelling spirit. Its good gest to say a speach and raise your glass and drink. So we tried to think of some toasts to enocurage this 50% demon, down our throats. After 3 glasses i was 2 say the least drunk and ...