Hotel du Temps Perdu / Feng Qing Dali

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Lijiang and Yangshao have their own shows, thanks to Zhang Yimou, and now Dali is set to have its own big, big show:<br><br>Following director Zhang Yimou's popular series of open-air shows, Impression, comes rival Chen Kaige's Xi Yi.<br><br>Impression captures some of China's most scenic scenes -<br>from Lijiang River in ...

Started off at 8.30am, easy 8km start before the last challenging climb of our trip, a 12km climb which actually seemed harder than the one we did yesterday. Melissa had bad stomach cramps and struggled up the climb like a trooper with assistance from Cathy who ...

... and steamed bread, 'mon the carbs! Had class at nine but felted icky, just as well the teacher spent an hour hammering five words into us...! Dali campus is friggin massive, and impressive- photos soon! Trekked 10/15mins up the hill after class, stopping to gasp in horror at the dead snake on the road- eeeeeeeeeyeeewww!- and fell into bed. More noodles and tofu for lunch, i crave a cheese sandwiche already, no cheese in this country- wtf!? Gettin used ...

... they give you a bowl and chopsticks to use for the time you're there. Then there's a break after lunch and at 3pm we teach all the teachers, monks, and children english for an hour before two more hours of practice. There are rooms in the monastery and that's where all the students live during their time there. Some of the students have been here for months, one guy has been there for over a ...

... or along the ground. Tubers, a wild variety of mushrooms, turnip-like things, green onion-like things, roots, and potatoes (the first time I have seen potatoes). I was only in Dali for two nights(Sunday and Monday). I basically just wandered around the city and went up one of the mountains for the view. I ate Korean food once (because I was craving kimchee again), mystery noodles, fried goat cheese with yak ...

... dull really, its like a poor version of any other city, with not-so-skyscraping skyscrapers and supposedly modern buildings that look outdated and grubby. The Old Town is nice though, amongst all the touristy shops which all sell EXACTLY the same thing directly next to each other i found a nice bakery.. the lady in there knows me now. slightly embarrasing. i also met an english person! and found an english bar! so exciting! Its a bit hippy and dredlock loving ...