Not Enough Days in Dali – Chapter One – missing pictures
Last year November we welcomed Dr. Kathryn Barker to Yunnan, a lovely and warm Canadian lady who loves travelling and adventure. She keeps a travel blog at www.kcbarker.com and she travelled with us to the bustling Yunnan capital Kunming and the Old Towns of Dali and Lijiang. With her kind courtesy, we will share a few of her blog posts about her trip with us on our website. Be sure to check out her other stories on her Facebook, Twitter or Instagram! From now on, we will reprint her brilliant blogs about Yunnan to all our client. Good appetite!
D is for Delicious, Delightful Dali – a premier ancient town in Yunnan. I spent only 3 days in and around Dali – just enough to see the highlights and not enough to dally in Dali. This is what greeted me after a day of travel by train from Kunming!
And it just got better and better.
This Chongsheng Temple, with three iconic pagodas, is actually outside the ancient city, but they feature in the reason tourists flock to Dali and they do not disappoint! Everything about this massive temple complex is elegant and awe-inspiring.
But back to the walled, ancient city of Dali – not to be confused with modern, industrial Dali where the train station is – about 15 kms away… Dali Old Town is particularly big and bodacious. Great efforts have been made to blend old and new, to showcase history and culture, to balance mosques and temples, to counter tourists with busy Dali dwellers.
Up and down the main walking street, beautiful images and things to take home.
Up and down the cross streets – bubbling streams with stone walkways and Starbucks.
Out on the main road, some interesting vehicular choices! I was envious of the Jeeps getting ready to go off-roading.
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