Dali Huai Ren Hotel

... subi, yo eso no lo sabia. Pero hice amistad con un par de ellos, que insistieron en que me bajara en el telesilla con ellos y luego me invitaron a cenar hotpot (el caldo picante calentito al que le vas echando los ingredientes segun vas comiendo). Me llamo la atencion que se parasen a echar la loteria de camino al restaurante. Despues de cenar nos dimos una vuelta por el pueblo y vimos a los locales bailar al ritmo de la musica folklorica de ...

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... after 80k in the 30 degree heat...bushed!




Lottie...what you can't see is someone is holding her up from behind!




What a day. Then we went to dinner and met an enthusiastic tour guide, Jolie. We'll be treking Lugu Lake with her soon.




A local speciality desert...not sure what it was, but it tasted nice!

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... of the hill we had a rewarding downhill ride then an undulating ride past farmland and then a short climb past a dam and some more pretty countryside before reaching our destination of Er Yuan which is only a tiny town but boasts hot springs. Needless to say ...

... a horse-drawn carriage ride, picked up a stalker, and investigated the other things that tourists could do - all of which we again vetoed due to cost. But Craig and I at least are the kind of travelers who often have more fun just wandering around, even getting lost sometimes, and our new friend Nadim seemed fairly happy to comply with this approach, too. Then it started to rain so we got the bus back to Dali where we met some super cute Chinese kids and their parents from ...

... streets brimming with a hybrid Euro-Sino cafe culture, intersected by streams flowing through to the lake from the surrounding mountains. The sheer volume of the various eating and watering holes means Dali really comes alive in the evening, as seems to be the case with many of the Chinese towns we have visited. The Amsterdamization is enhanced when approached by elderly Bai women, dressed in ...

... goodbyes to A Qing. Realizing that it was our last night in Dali we wanted to find our way out to the southern gate and walk along the city wall that evening. We went for a wonderful supper at a Tibetan restaurant ~ I had the best meal of all the meals we had on this trip; and then we walked around the wall until it was time to head back to the hotel. Ah, beautiful Dali ~ how wonderful you look at night, too!

... i could understand Chinese clearly. Mr Lee invited us back to his house for a special tea, were they pour the tea in2 each cup three times b4 drinkin it. This was a gr8 honour because New Year's is a time to spend with your close ones. After tea we stumbled back 2 my homestay 2getha where the leader had got his pals (to play music) and thier wives (to dance) to host a mini party 4 us. It was great 2 play with the kids and dance around drunk. I gave the leader a present ...