Day 1 & 2 After the horrible 5 squashed trip from Kunming we finally arrived in outer Dali, not old city Dali like we thought, so we caught a taxi to the hostel which was great value for money except that the hot showers weren't working. So the next day we recieved a refreashing cold shower, but it was good because the weather was extremely hot and it looked like a sweaty day ahead of us. We walked straight out of the hostel into old town Dali, which was busy with Chinese tourists everywhere. Inside the town walls it had been converted into a tourist market. All of the traditional shops were now gift shops and there were westerners everywhere. Don't think I had seen so many westerners in China at one place. After leaving the
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