There are two Dalis and we end up in the wrong one. Luckily the one we want is a fairly short bus ride away and so we follow the instructions given in the Lonely Planet to get there. Not for the first time, or the last, we discover that what's written in the LP is a pack of lies. Irrespective of the size of the town, the Chinese it seems are nev...

Dear Reader, Ahhhhhhhhh Dali. I don't move very fast, people. And in Dali, I moved even slower. That's probibly because weed is kind of legal there. Yes, it's true, readers. Although no one could explain to me why this was the case. I spent a week there and it was spectacular. I travelled there with some English guy I met at the hostel in Kummin...

Next to me one the bus was an Israili couple i met the day before when i had my nice duck meal, they were going to the same place so i copied their well laid plans just so i didnt have to think about it myself. We watched a cool Chinese film that im sure starred Jackie Chang and 4 hours later we were in Dali New townb. From here we had to get on...

Oops getting a little far behind really! Sorry, I would say its because I've been busy but really its because I've been a little lazy! After Lijiang I went on to Dali, most famous for its herbal alternative for alcohol and being a pretty lazy place to stay. I was surprised at how open the cannibas culture was in Dali, drugs are definitely illega...