Regent Dali

... a small village and through some farmers Fields. it was a nice ride and we saw the lake for free because we went through the village near by.<br><br>after we gave the bike back we wandered through the streets again until the evening where we sat on the roof of our hostel and drank beer, also in a freak storm of brilliance Ben actually beat me at pool. <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

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... on a bus for the train station. An hour later we were climbing aboard a night train to Kunming with a few backpacks loaded with beer and wine. It was my first experience on a sleeper train in China and was absolutely incredible. The train is separated into 6-bed open compartments, so we were stacked into our own compartment complete with a mini-table and enough room to stretch out. We spent the next four hours drinking, laughing and disturbing all ...

... feet and chatted to the Americans, who gave us some business cards and tips about the place- a pizzaria, and a burger joint in town, mmmmmmm! And recommended a few bars, so there are plans forming to go out Friday night, despite having to be up at 8 saturday morning to go to the museum...! We went back down the hill (third time today!) to learn some Chinese folk songs, which was good fun, our English-speaking teacher had to bring Shane to the hospital so we ...

... skin is clean and radiant despite the fact that I ran out of face moisturizer in March. Amanda joked in Thailand that I have the world traveler glow. Maybe so. I am in perfect health, never mind the street stall rice-noodle-rice-noodle diet for the past couple of months. I sleep well and wake up at 7. I may have discovered my best beautification recipe yet - no work, no stress, new town at least once a ...

... when we finally make a break for it. Great fun, but the hangover was brutal. On our last day we head up unto them-thar-hills, forgoing the luxury of the chairlift we stomp up the hill climbing over 500m in an hour. This gets you about 1/4 of the way up the mountain, where a path has been built that traverses the ridge. It turns out to be a great day, especially climbing up along the taoist stream to a series of pools.

... morning" - yummy breakfast of wheat noodles with cabbage and soy sauce (dont knock it til you've tried it) then an energetic bike ride before catching an old rusty boat that took us across Er Hai lake to another small town, the home of tie-dye. Once safely on land we mounted a horse-drawn carriage complete with bells and a decrated horse. All very jolly until you realised that the horse was buckling under the weight of 8 people including two six ft 2 strapping ...