Local dress

Dilly dallying in Dali

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May 23rd 2007
Day 59 After another night's sleep on public transport we finally arrived in Dali not feeling our freshest but glad to have made it! Some confusion at the bus station over whether we were in Dali City or in Dali Old town as we had booked eventually resulted in us having to catch another bus to get to the old town. In China you put your bus fare into a little box for the driver to check and the ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more