Days?: Dali

Dali is a small-ish hippie town in the mountains of Yunnan. It has an impressive ancient wall bordering the old town and walking streets a la Pearl St. 

When we visited, there were a number of Chinese tourists, but our hostel was primarily filled with Westerners. We comiserated on China travel with two young men from London and talked Chinese development and politics with a Canadian and his son. 

It felt like a miracle to be out of a megacity. We stayed for two nights before heading to Shangri-la. We saw some pagodas and temples and drank an expensive pot of pu'er tea.

Roof of hostel.

Three pagodas built in the 800s.

Monk guy.

Old city gate.

Tea.

Basket of geese.