Landscape-Huiyuan Dali

... to watch about 6 different dances from very traditional with costumes, to line dancing to very special types that had us laughing. It was lovely to see the place full of people & wandering around with their families & dancing etc. I tried to convince Nath to join in with one of the groups but there was no way!!!
Dali, Yunnan, China hilaryramsey

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... photo frames scary masks to print cute printable christmas stationery pop up stocking card licence ...

... then waved me on my way.



My pre-journey woes were soon forgotten, as soon after we'd

laboriously escaped Kunming's congestion we were flying through Yunnan's

countryside. Passing countless tiny old villages (it seems the bulldozers haven't

reached this far?) nestled between the dry hills and the rapeseed fields, all

seemed right. The reason I'd come to China wasn't to languish in busy ...

I've been told it's the dry season in this part of China. Best time to go to Yunnan Province by a long shot. Day one in Dali did not disappoint on this count. The journey from Kunming was pretty jaw dropping as this once caravan trail (no not the ones that get pulled by 4x4's or old Rovers) has been turned into an expressway. People travelling this route 50 years ago would be amazed by what the engineers have acheived. On one hand it allows Dean and ...

... ended spending most of the night talking to the writer from Shanghai. She had come to Dali for "a change in life" and was endlessly fascinating. Jen fended off some Australians and then talked to an 18-year old Chinese girl who was having her very first time ever in a bar. I left Dali the next morning with a heavy heart and heavier head wishing I could've stayed longer. Don't know whether/when I'll make another trip to China, but I need to see Dali again.

... still untouched...but completely destroyed. A place that can offer you everything you can ever want or dream of, and then take it all away from you in a blink of an eye. A place where the term "love at first sight" applies on a daily basis, but a place that will leave you heart broken and begging for more. And i mean literally BEGGING for more. A place where mistakes are circular and we come ...

... vanwagon may fall of the mountain and so we were told to get out the car and look around. The problem was there was nothing to see except a broken road and loads of trees. The girls had had enough and raged off up the mountain with the helpless orienteers shouting after them. Im glad to say this was the worst part of the China experience. The situation was that Zhong Pong had left us with the co-ordinators who were lovely but there English was limited we wern't learning anything ...

... which looks after the village while they prey etc. This saint was visiting from another village and as we climbed the hill we watched it head to another village. We also got to walk past loads of farmers working their land and at this time, harvesting spring onions. The view at the top was really good and we could see our lakeside restaurant. The hill was also full of mini tombs and the owner of the other homestay showed us his grandmothers tomb. The walk made me look ...

... beautiful. A well kept secret by Korea. I remember six years ago when I was there I was stunned by the women. FOOD & CAFE: After the normal Koren/Japanese hello/goodbye photos Israel and I headed to meet her friend at the Lazy Book Cafe. We all then headed to the Sister Cafe for an awesome meal. I had walked past this cafe a few times but never stopped. It was ...