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June 3, 2023September 28, 2024

Yunnan 2023, Day 8: Kunming And Back Home

This morning, I took a short troll to the Kunming’s Dounan Flower Market before going to the Kunming Changshui International Airport to take the flight back home.

When I got back home, I lost about 1 kg. I thought the food was quite okay, but maybe I didn’t eat enough.

In general, cities and towns in Yunnan have mild temperatures. I liked Dali, Shangri-La, and Kunming while they were cool and pleasant. Lijiang was a little too hot and dry the days I were there. The fruits there are so much like in Vietnam. They have everything tropical. In this June, they have lychee, and durian. Besides, they have a special Chinese bayberry which I didn’t recall eating it before it. Other berries and cherries are available at affordable price. This was better than in Vietnam.

The food wasn’t as oily as I had thought. They had a lot of vegetables, too.

May 29, 2023September 28, 2024

Yunnan 2023, Day 3: Dali To Lijiang

In the morning, I went back to see a lazier ancient wall in the morning with few people and store openings. I even saw a group of old women at the Dali cinema square practicing their umbrella dance.

Then the bus took 3 hours to reach Lijiang around lunch. It was so hot (32 degrees centigrade) in the afternoon. At the Heilongtan (Black Dragon Pool), I could see the Yulong Snow Mountain from far away. Tomorrow I’ll take the cable car to its nearest site.

The Mufu in the Lijiang Ancient Town offered a rich history of Yunnan. The town had many beautiful flower-decorated houses which brought a sense of romance.

In the evening, I took a short stroll to the nearby supermarket where I bought some yogurt and a new bag. I thought it’d be fitter to my current bigger phone than the other bag I bought in Haining in 2019. I also tried my poor Chinese by asking a staff where to buy a belt and hand cream with some gestures.

May 28, 2023September 28, 2024

Yunnan 2023, Day 2: Kunming To Dali

I had breakfast early this morning despite lack of sleep. Luckily, the sour beef noodles wasn’t as spicy as in Sichuan. The lunch and dinner confirmed that, too. However, some dishes seemed to be very salty.

In the morning, the bus took 4 hours from Kunming to Dali. In Dali, I had the opportunity to visit Erhai Lake though the view wasn’t not similar to the one I saw in the drama “Meet Yourself” earlier this month. Then I also visit an old town called Xichou. This ancient town looked more like in drama though it was not the same, either.

The ancient wall of Dali looked spectacular in the late evening. It was fun cheering “Zhu ni sheng ri kuai le” with Chinese people down on the street when I heard them singing the birthday song up above a dormitory (I thought). Tomorrow, I’ll have another visit of the Ancient City Wall in Dali Old Town in the daylight.