Jin Peng Hotel Dali

... according to the LP, and we wanted to check out this attraction. We took a bus to Yousuo which took a bit over an hour. From far and away people came with their huge baskets to buy whatever they needed. It was a wonderful mix of colors; Bai women in their traditional blue outfits displaying every hue of blue from light to dark to purple, women in pink blouses and headdress, Muslim women with white, yellow or light green headscarfs, and other ...

... and I think he forget that he was driving a 45 seater bus. He fitted this bus into gap in traffice that you would have trouble fitting a mini. He passed traffic on blind mountain bends and some how avoided hitting everything. Michael and I had front row seats remember, full view of every near miss. We were not sure whether to close our eye and pretend this was not happening or open our eyes and brace for impact. Some ...

... is allso some man made interests, The three pagodas san ta stand north west of town and the view of the was brilliant. We could also so a little of new town, houses tucked into the mountains and the busy streets below us.

Beside the gate not much was done with the day except people watching and a bit more shoppinjg for Xi.

For tea we decided on a Dai resaurante. Outside ...

... Street. Bill and I shared the Yak Steak with baked potatoe, mushrooms and tomato. The lady did not lie, it was very tender and had no fat or grizzle. We also had fried rice with egg and Dali spring rolls. The food was very good. We washed it down with Happy Hours Beer and man were we full! It was a lot of food and was a reasonable 100 yuan ($18). We checked our emails on their computer (I did before dinner and Bill did afterward). One email was from Karen ...

... calendar with hour holloween hos and scary sluts make a pop up christmas card free dog printable sewing ...

... the overhead. Halfway through I seriously regretting drinking that whole bottle of water before boarding; it was a 3 hour trip with no stops in between. Let's just say, it was the most horrible bathroom experience on a bus ever! Negative 5 stars. The bus was swarmed by an army of cab drivers and hotel hawkers as soon as we'd arrived. The bus/train station was on the outskirts of town between the old ...

Apologies for the lack of photos in this and all other entries on TravelPod - we have posted a TON of pics from Dali in our Yunnan Picasa/Google Web Album so please visit that at: http://picasaweb.google.com/ejpinchina/ YunnanSummer2008Vacation# So, if Kunming is supposedly the "Seattle of China" as it is referred to in the Rough Guide, then I guess Dali, Yunnan is the "Bellingham" of China. For those of you from Washington state, this probably conjures up images of dreaded ...

... 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 ...