Dali 17th - 19th May
Mama loaded us into a bus, it was nice of her to show us to this pick up otherwise we would'ave to march into the new town with our gear. Before we left Mama's she presented us with a Naxi goodluck neck charm, both me and David where very impressed with the stay and it felt really special to be given the charm (even tho everyone gets one). They both now jangle (scented with bells on!) on our day bags and cause much attention, especially for kids. Maybe one day I'll be prepared to part with mine.
Kate and Steph are getting a later bus, we have arranged to stop in the same hostel. Unfortunatly the flyer we had for the hostel had another on the back and we ended up arriving at the wrong one wondering where they had got too - opps. The bus journey was a quick 2H and through beautiful southern China scenery green, rice paddis, mountains and blue sky! Yes, Dali like Lijiang, has blue sky too - no smogg. On this journey, nearly 2mths away I really felt as if I was in China. Reality sunk in, we are travelling(!!) and I sat smiling to myself and at David, over the adventures and misfortunes that we shall have.
Here I would like to tell up we did the all walking and exploring that was available but a bar called the Bad Monkey got in the way! We partied for two days - opps! With Kate and Steph, we made more friends and left this place early in the morning when the market salespeople where making their way into town with their goods. We even saw the two Belgium's again, crazy none of us could believe it.
In Dali the local restaurants display their foods in the open fronted shops, bowls of veg from earth and sea origin, mushrooms to get excited over, strange things and live things. Fantastic experience, this I really wish I would have photographed.
The town is not as old or as 'real' Lijiang, it feels far faker (which is a effort for China!) and the streams that flow around the town (this took the biscuit) are turned off after 12.00 a.m. Yet, Dali and Lijiang are both places that we would diffinatly advise our family to come too for a short immerse into China, they are sooo beautiful, easy to navigate (due to them being so small) and seeming free from the pollution China suffers with.
Kate came with us to Kumning by train, she had an untimely departure as her and Steph had further travel plans together - but Kate has been asked to leave China and was given 10 days - times up. Only a day was spent in Kunming, enough time for Kate to navigate us to a delish place for dinner, for us to watch part of a Yunnan Cultural Party and at 21.00 we where waiting to get on the 2 day train to Beijing.
Kate and Steph are getting a later bus, we have arranged to stop in the same hostel. Unfortunatly the flyer we had for the hostel had another on the back and we ended up arriving at the wrong one wondering where they had got too - opps. The bus journey was a quick 2H and through beautiful southern China scenery green, rice paddis, mountains and blue sky! Yes, Dali like Lijiang, has blue sky too - no smogg. On this journey, nearly 2mths away I really felt as if I was in China. Reality sunk in, we are travelling(!!) and I sat smiling to myself and at David, over the adventures and misfortunes that we shall have.
Here I would like to tell up we did the all walking and exploring that was available but a bar called the Bad Monkey got in the way! We partied for two days - opps! With Kate and Steph, we made more friends and left this place early in the morning when the market salespeople where making their way into town with their goods. We even saw the two Belgium's again, crazy none of us could believe it.
In Dali the local restaurants display their foods in the open fronted shops, bowls of veg from earth and sea origin, mushrooms to get excited over, strange things and live things. Fantastic experience, this I really wish I would have photographed.
The town is not as old or as 'real' Lijiang, it feels far faker (which is a effort for China!) and the streams that flow around the town (this took the biscuit) are turned off after 12.00 a.m. Yet, Dali and Lijiang are both places that we would diffinatly advise our family to come too for a short immerse into China, they are sooo beautiful, easy to navigate (due to them being so small) and seeming free from the pollution China suffers with.
Kate came with us to Kumning by train, she had an untimely departure as her and Steph had further travel plans together - but Kate has been asked to leave China and was given 10 days - times up. Only a day was spent in Kunming, enough time for Kate to navigate us to a delish place for dinner, for us to watch part of a Yunnan Cultural Party and at 21.00 we where waiting to get on the 2 day train to Beijing.
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