Dali, and Shilin's Stone Forest

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June 6th 2012

Published: June 6th 2012

The 7 hour bus trip from Shangri La to Dali was quite pleasant and I was pleased that we bypassed Lijiang for fear of adding more time onto the journey. We went through some nice towns and scenery, and it is obviously rice planting season at the moment because it seemed that everyone from the towns were in the fields helping in some way. Once arriving in Dali I headed for a cheap family run guesth... Read Full Entry

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6th June 2012

GRACIELA
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English only?
Tell me, do you speak Chinese? I ask you this question because I have always thought that travelling China without a single knowledge of Chinese might be a nightmare. Maybe I am mistaken. China is in my plans but maybe on a package, which I don´t like, but because I think it might be nearly impossible to go from place to another. Thank you. Graciela, from Argentina.

7th June 2012

wheresjason
Jason

Hi Graciela
No, I don't speak any Chinese and I have found getting around quite easy. I highly recommend that you travel independently to get a better experience, also take a guidebook which has the Chinese characters for the towns you want to visit, and even better a small Chinese phrasebook with the characters. If you want to ask questions seek out young Chinese in their early 20's, preferably other tourists that generally come from the east and are well educated. I have found they are very helpful and get a kick out of practicing their english. You will also pick up some words along your travels that come in very handy. And above all, be confident and you will have no problems.

7th June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

DALI & SHILIN
Pity it rained for you in Dali but lucky you didn't venture onto Lake Erhai in bad weather...can be treacherous. Nice pics of Shilin Stone Forest. I think your "Chinese tourist" shots are actually Sani girls who would be Shilin locals!

13th June 2012

wheresjason
Jason

Hi Dave
The girls in the photos could easily be local Sani girls but they also hire out the costumes to Chinese, so I just assumed they were tourists. I think you will be interested in the photos of a market in Sheng Cun, Yuanyang in a blog I just posted. jason

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