Jin Shun Hotel Dali
50m North of Tai'an Bridge Dali, Yunnan, China
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Dali, a cut above the rest
... decent hiking trail into something that can be accessed by tourist golf buggies - they're not there yet but I don't hold out hope for the future peace and quiet on that mountainside.
The rest of our week in Dali is spent wandering about the lanes and shops, stopping for drinks in the famous Bad Monkey bar, finding interesting food options and finally getting me a haircut. This is how we do it. Jane at the hostel asks one of her girls to write out in Chinese: "Please could ...
Dead dogs and hippies in the Yunnan sun
... for a walk round the gardens which had some scenic views and unusual flowers and plants and was a nice change from the cities that we have mostly have been in so far. Unfortunately, because of the holidays we had been forced to book our accomodation in advance and so we had to relucatanly leave Dali after only 2 nights and move on Lijiang which we are not really looking forward to as its supposed to be the busiest tourist town in the whole of China. Could be ...
Dali: Appropriately Surreal (Was it all a dream?)
... caliber very often and the temple complex behind it, which I thought would be the secondary attraction, actually turned out to be the highlight.
The pagodas were built in two waves--the largest one was built in the Tang dynasty about 1000 years ago. The two smaller ones are Ming dynasty construct, as is the old town of Dali. They retain a different characteristic than typical Chinese pagodas--on first glance, the largest pagoda looks a bit like ...
Dali - The funky banana pancake backpaker hang-out
... notes, I managed to negotiate our way into the VIP carriage; much more our style! For only a few dollars more we moved into a compartment with enough room to spread out and get some shut eye. We shared with a smiling mum and her two lovely daughters who were also of the opinion that train travel is often best under taken while sleeping. So as it was, we both arrived feeling fairly rested in scenic Dali, ready to embark on the next leg ...
I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore
... Ancient ladies and gentlemen sitting on benches playing chess stopped in their tracks and their false teeth nearly dropped out of their heads… foreigners obviously never come to this part of town and I don’t actually know if many of the elderly people here had seen many Westerns before. It was a very strange feeling to think that we might be one of the only white people these Chinese elders had ever seen, it made us feel a mixture between special and ...


