Dali Dali was an ancient capital in northern Yunnan. The dominant population is the Bai people. Outside of Dali they live in white painted villages with pictures painted on the exterior walls. This was taken from one of the buildings at Chongsheng Temple. It shows one of the nearby villages. Rice and corn are common […]
The Kindness of Strangers and another Scam I was the only non Chinese speaking foreigner in the 9 seater minivan to Lugu Lake. It was an interminably long trip involving several stops for photos/calls of nature/lunch/tourist opportunities, one of which I wrote about previously. Photo opportunities I understand as I do calls of nature as […]
Lugu Lake I spent 3 days at Lugu Lake which is a couple of hundred kilometres north of Lijiang. Look for the purple lines north of Lijiang, in the north. The green line from Lijiang shows my current position, Dali. When we reached Lake Lugu from Lijiang the minibus driver stopped at the lakeside […]
Lijiang After an hour’s delay at Jinghong airport I arrived in Lijang after midnight with the requirement that I call the hostel if I was to arrive after 1am. I then discovered that my Chinese SIM card had run out of credit. I have no independent capacity of knowing its status & I’d thought it was […]
To Market to Market … Part 1 I didn’t find the fat pigs for sale, but I did eventually see one small one being carried off in a cane basket. Unfortunately it happened too fast for me to record it. I visited about half a dozen markets in Jinghong and the surrounding villages. All were […]