http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Yunnan , Dali en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:25:19 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:25:19 +0000 After our first night in our gorgeous hotel in Dali we woke up early to take a boat cruise on Erhai Lake. I was really excited because I was ready to lie in the sun and be on the water but what I didn't expect was the boat. Instead of a small leisurely boat which is what I expected we were faced with the monstrosity of a gigantic cruise ship. There was not much room to find sun and we spent a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-459722.html Dali is a very beautiful and peaceful old city. I have ever seen many chinese films about this famous old townbut last year when I were there I knew it is even more pituresque than what I have seen and heard before. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-450440.html Zum ersten Mal seit anderthalb Monaten hatte ich wieder ein Fahrrad unter dem Hintern. Zwar konnte man in den bisherigen Orten die ich besucht habe immer ein Fahrrad ausleihen aber in den groen chinesischen Stdten mit ihrer Luftverschutzung und dem massiven Straenverkehr hatte ich meist keine Lust dazu. Hier in Dali bin ich allerdings in einem kleinen Nest das zwishen einem See und einer G http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-450149.html Ich bin in Kunming der Hauptstadt der Provinz Yunnan.Yunnan heit bersetzt Sdlich der Wolken. In der Tat whrend schien whrend der gesamten Zugfahrt die gleiche Dunstwolke die Chengdu eingehllt hatte ber ganz Sichuan zu liegen. Doch als wir am nchsten Morgen durch Yunnan fuhren war von dem ganzen Spuk nichs mehr zu spren. Strahlender Sonnenschein herrschte ber Yunnan.Yunnan befindet http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Kunming/blog-448902.html Another hot and cloudless day 33deg although it was cooler this morning as we set off. Have been doing lots of climbing in the mountains today 1000m up then 1000m down. Lots of hairpin bends and lots and lots of smoky wagons labouring up the hills belching out clouds of fumesour poor lungs Our diet of rice and noodles. which are served for breakfast lunch and dinner is becoming r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-448069.html A very hot day today 3335 deg C. It gets very hot in the afternoons but at 6.00pm when the sun sets it becomes a lot cooler. Most nights I have been in just shirt sleeves but last night I had to wear a sweatshirt. Dali was a very nice place very touristy with lots of vigour lights live music in the streets and 100s and 100s of shops. I bought 4cds of traditional music and s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-447712.html Only a short report today. Have visited 3 pagodas and 7 temples. To tell the truth I was not too bothered about this visit but I went and was glad I had it was very interesting and needless to say a great photo opportunity. Sadly Frank one of the group put his camera down. He forgot about it for a short time you can guess the rest when he realised he had forgotten it and went to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-447581.html Now in Dali. Had to take a shorter route today because the road is under construction. Travelled 6 miles on unmade roads then cycled around the the beautiful lake. Entered the old town through the East gate which had a pagoda on top. Had lunch at the 'Green Lodge Backpackers Hostel' had to wait quite a while as only two staff. Weather very nice again today 30 deg. Looking forward http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-447260.html Had another very good day with temperatures at 30 deg and I am still slapping on the sun screen. Have been on the roof top terrace of the Hiadong East Sea Resort hotel and spent time watching a spider that was at least 2 and a half inches in diameter in fact China seems populated by huge spiders The town is 2100m above sea level. Rode about 43 miles today it was difficult with http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-446966.html Any man named David is lucky and is generally a premium person. The David who killed Goliath The Naked David in Florence itrsquos easy to get girls when you have the best body ever my two wonderful friends one from America and one from Scotland and now I can add David the Australian who owns the best hostel in the world. Alex mentioned that Hugo and I needed to stay at the Jade Emu hostel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-446221.html Dali was a nice little town and a good way to break up the trip between Lijiang and Kunming. It is a little like Lijiang in that some streets are closed off to cars and are lined with touristy shops. But unlike lijiang it is layed out in the familiar square shape of many chinese cities with a surrounding city wall and straight streets that are easy to navigate.The first day in dali we took a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-445473.html Located in the heart of Yunnan China Climb Dali offers guiding and instruction to all level of rock climbers including those who have never climbed before. We specialize in developing custom outdoor adventure programs that include any combination of climbing trekking cycling kayaking and abseiling as well as certified guides and equipment.Our climbing club boulder bar in Dali Old Town http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-444580.html truthtruthstill the fucking truthit mad me crazy........i don't want to answer any question againu always think u can find the truth by yrsel.so do it do it do itdon't ask again..........all the truth i have said.want see me in tailand.......impossiblebe4i do everythingonly want to pay for my mistakeit will not be happen again.it's not my mistake again...............not me not meyester http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-440869.html i hitchhiking to dali from kunming.i spent many time to think of where i will go.dali or laosdalistudy handicraftmaybe can sellin the mulan barthe long hair nice girlwe made hari wrapit is very difficult to find the entry of express wayi waiting on the bridgefucking cold a car sotp cost 30y to half wayi agreelater waitingmaybe one hour a truck stopsame very slowly car.........u form dal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-440334.html So my second part of Dali story will be more about the Bai people and their lifestyle.They call themselves BAI which has a first meaning of white but what they mean by it is actually PURE. Also their traditional clothing is basically white with colorful highlights. Women wear special kind of head thing which is wowen with symbols representing feng hua xue and yue. All four of them are conn http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-434825.html Ja. Bila je zelo dolga sobota v DalijuNajprej sem se prezgodaj zbudila in ugotovila da je ob sestih se cista tema OK pogled skozi okno ob sedmih...ze svetlo ne pozabite da ima celotna Kitajska enoten casovni pas raztezajo pa se cez dejanskih pet pasov Seveda so na Beijing time. Malo dezja malo cisto jasnega na nebu. Ob osmih in se malo ogromna mavrica na nebu nad Dalijem in njegovimi gora http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-434492.html The arrival at Dali was great. The Jade Emu guesthouse has a beautiful courtyard and very nice staff. The dorm is more a hotel room than a real dorm. There are three beds in the room which all fit about 4 Chinese. The bathroom is also quite large and made out of marble. The first night I also lucky to even have the whole room for myself The only tiny negative thing of the guesthouse is that the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-424074.html der weg nach china beginnt mit einer unendlich langen busreise. um 6 uhr in der frueh werden wir zur busstation gebracht nicht wirklich eine station sondern irgendein bilingual chinesischlaotisch beschriftetes haus. nach und nach werden weitere chinesen angekarrt nur chinesen wir sind die einzigen europaer. eine halbe stunde spaeter kommt schliesslich unser bus.die fahrt auf laotischer seite http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-422549.html Today one Irishwoman 2 Finns and I headed out to the hike above town. We took cable cars up the mountain hiked 12 km with some diversions and then took the ski lift back down to town. It was nice and shaded and cool and unlike Tiger Leaping Gorge it was paved for the most part making things easier. Made for more of a leisurely stoll than a hike. Which would explain our desire to leave http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-412446.html I took a crappy bike out to the surrounding area of Dali. It was hot as hell but enjoyable. After the ride I rode the ski style lift up Zhonge Mountain. The lift passes over a Chinese cemetary for 34 of the 20 minute ride up. The view from the top was really great. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Dali/blog-411762.html