Jim s Tibetan Hotel

... some of the greatest I had ever heard. The lead singer has a rubber face and his vocal chords were carbon copies of a Tibetan Jim Morrison as he sang songs about being a Tibetan out of their homeland. Needless to say, the band exceeded my expectations ...

... of Dali which is a walled city. Our guesthouse was run by a Tibetan guy called Jim… in fact it was called Jim’s Tibetan Hotel. It was a great place with nice rooms, great food, mountain bikes for hire, a roof terrace and great staff including ...

... ’t even know where to start!  Our guide Zhao picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel, Jim’s Tibetan Hotel.  What a perfect little hotel for our taste!  Quaint, friendly, close to old town.  Couldn’t ...

... in the direct sun, but very cold at night or in the shade. We were relived to easily find a great place to stay - Jim's Tibetan Guesthouse (its strange how so many Chinese who work in the tourist industry seem to have nice homely western names like ...

... new color and culture very different than what we have experienced in Beijing. We spent the evening exploring the city.  Our hotel is a comfortable Tibetan-style hutong. There is a patio on the roof with an amazing view of the city, Erhai Lake, and ...

... have been restored. Still it's a job well done and the city is beautiful. We've got a very nice room in a place call Tibetan lodge. Great deal, the food and the room are nice for the price. We even have an electric blanket. Since there is ...

... tourist as long as they didn’t mind the squatty potty.  When we come back to Dali, we will probably use this hotel for a home base for a couple of days so that we can explore the surrounding area.  We arrived back in Dali and headed ...

... but in the run-up to the games it has been assailed by critics over its policies towards Darfur and now its handling of Tibetan protests. China accuses others of politicising the Olympics. Perhaps that is so, but it's nothing new. Think back to the ...

... ist halb China (angeblich 200 Mio. verreisen auch) im Urlaub und Preise werden verdoppelt bis verfuenfacht. Wir finden in der Tibetan Lodge ein Wunzi-Zimmer mit privatem Badezimmer um 150,- Yuan (15,- Euro pro Zi.). Dafuer gibts gratis Internetnutzung ...

... again at 7.30pm, this time with Jen, to track down some dinner. We’d heard about a supposedly good buffet at the ‘Tibetan Cafe’, but when we found the place it was a little too deserted to be trusted, so we continued on and found ...

... my head thanked him for trying. The funny thing was it really didn’t We explored the streets of Shimla and checked out the Tibetan market. We discovered that there really isn’t a whole lot to do in Shimla other than enjoy the ambience. The air ...

... house named Yu Yuan Hotel.  They had free laundry and internet at half the price so it was a much better deal than Tibetan Jim's.  On the second day we went to the historic site called The Three Pagoda's, which also has a giant modern temple ...

... in Changquin, the largest city in China, and went to the city zoo where we saw giant and red pandas, Siberian tigers and Tibetan bears. There are currently only 1,000 Giant Pandas alive in all of China and the government has moved most of them to ...