Danny

Dali Old City

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April 7th 2010
The day train was about nine hours to Dali. Along the way I was previed to some nice Yunnan province scenery. One guy in my berth was playing the harmonica, badly, for almost the entire trip so I made my way between two of the coaches and looked out the window. The train pulled into Dali at around five PM and the first thing I noticed was that this town had tuk-tuks! I had no map or address, all I ... read more

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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