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Xi Jiao Hotel Dali

East Cangshan Road, Wenchang Street, Economic Development Zone Dali, Yunnan, China

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Dali, a cut above the rest

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... the translation in our guidebook. We ask numerous people and walk down to a trail, then up to another, then along a trail that peters out into bush. Finally we climb a long steep flight of steeps and emerge onto the 12km trail. It's not just a rustic path through the forest either, it's a hand-laid and patterned stone pathway, intricate, well made and easy to walk along. It follows the contour of the mountains and has some truly stunning views over the lake and into deep ...

Dead dogs and hippies in the Yunnan sun

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... made this their home (along with the lesser spotted chinese hippy). However, the place was less touristic and built up than Yangshuo and had a really nice relaxed feel to it as well as easy access to western foods etc. We ate some really good food, both western and at a local restaurant where we tried local goats cheese stir-fried with sugar and a dish of various local wild mushrooms.

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Dali: Appropriately Surreal (Was it all a dream?)

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... complex 20 minutes walk north of town. The outside sights surround the major Lake, Erhai. These include some hiking in the mountains (an 11km hike looked interesting between two charilift observation platforms taking in waterfalls and lagoons) and cycling to various smaller Bai towns around the lake. It's said that as you get tired of the tourist trade in Dali city, taking a bike out will get you into the fields with few people and nice views.

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Dali - The funky banana pancake backpaker hang-out

A travel blog entry by stackandjacey

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... space with us. After a few "wtf's" Stacey and I moved our bags and bodies onto the two top bunks. 15 minutes later we awoke to a rather irate conducter banging on the bunk rail and gesturing to us and then to the bottom bunk. Stacey gave him a clear 'bu yao' (no want) and he stormed off. I knew that wasn't the end of it, and sure enough five minutes later another guard in a more authoritarian hat, came back and explained in mime that ...

I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore

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... back to the 9th century. The biggest of the pagodas is 16 tiers high and there are two other 10 tier pagodas on either side of it. As I said in the previous blog, China is significantly more expensive than the rest of southeast Asia, so we were prepared to pay an entrance charge to see them. However we weren’t prepared to pay the hefty charge of £13 each to get in! So, being the wonderful cheap-skates we are, we figured out that if we walked through one of ...

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