Dali Asia Star Hotel
South of Gucheng Gate Dali, Yunnan, 671003, China
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MADONNA, OR A SCRUB NURSE?
I have had only a few massages on this trip, but a pattern is emerging: when the masseuse sashays into the room looking like an Asian Madonna, expect bliss and freely floating hands. When she marches in dressed like a scrub nurse, brace yourself. Today's scrub nurse made me levitate each time she buried her damned bony elbow into my quads. And what …
Bye-Bye Yunnan - dallying in Dali
After the excitement and activity of trekking in Yunnan we moved to Dali – 185KM south of Lijiang and also an historic town.
We drafted this blog in a car on the notional 4.5 hour trip from Lijiang to Dali. The story continues:
We are 3.5 hours into our drive to Dali: Golden Week traffic is horrendous and we have spent 45 …
First glimpses of old and new
Sunday 2/8/09.
Early rise 5am pack luggage and lump it to the foyer by 5.30am for 5.45am departure to airport "can't get porter to take luggage to foyer as they do not start work until 7.30am". We make it to airport ok get through baggage check in no problem, security check in did not like Gwen’s half full bottle of Gavascon so it …
Ligiang Old Town at last
Lijiang Tuesday 4/8/09.
First surprise of the day!! Chinese breakfast and we were a little late and the hordes had got in first .Our breakfast steamed bun, boiled egg and sweet bread.
Our first visit was to the Black Dragon Lake a very impressive well kept park and of significant importance to the Naxi people. A this stage we …
Long journey
Monday 3/8/09.
Breakfast in Asia hotel then 8am departure for Lijiang with a couple of diversions on the way. First a visit to a local village market which was something to be seen to believe. Next we take in a traditional tea ceremony this was very colourful but it was a little hard to understand the dialogue but you could get the picture …



