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by Bamboo Grove
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Lijiang day 2 On the second day in Lijiang I had a plan to go to Black Dragon Pool Park, I had read the scenery would be great with the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain at the background. I had decided to find a bus that would go there and this time I was lucky as I found the bus stop fairly easily and not...
by Bamboo Grove
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Any travel in China during their big holidays is best to be avoided. This Chinese New Year I have a week off and I'm planning to stay in Macau. Maybe just a couple of short visits across the border to Zhuhai and/or Shenzhen after the first three days of the festival are over.
by Bamboo Grove
Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Some streets were very crowded but I try to avoid taking photos there and then. I try to find more peaceful spots. Sometimes, though, if you want to emphasize the crowds, it's a different thing. I have to admit though, that the area is quite well spread-out so it didn't feel too crowded. Plus it was...
by Bamboo Grove
Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

The Naxi people have their own language but Mandarin was common everywhere. I thought the Yunnanese people spoke very clear Mandarin, to me, along with Taiwanese this is the easiest to understand. Of course both Dali and Lijiang had people who had moved from elsewhere to open up business in these pl...
by Bamboo Grove
Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Lijiang day 1 In the morning after finally learning my lessons, I took a taxi to the bus station, had some breakfast near the station and waited for my bus. Taking the bus proved to be a good choice as I arrived in Lijiang about three hours before my train would have left Dali. Took a taxi to the ho...
by Bamboo Grove
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Dali day 3 On the third and final day in Dali I wanted to see the mountain behind the town. The entrance to the area was less than 2 km away from my B&B so I decided to walk there. There were actually three entrances with every one of them having a cable lift up the mountain. I decided to take t...
by Bamboo Grove
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:58 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Dali - day 2 I had booked a train from Dali to Kunming for 26th of December, today being Christmas Eve. There were not many trains and mine was supposed to leave after 3 p.m. and I then began to think, that I shall be arriving to Lijiang quite late and as I really didn’t need to spend another mornin...
by Bamboo Grove
Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Dali Day 1 I left Kunming at around 11.00 for the two hour trip to Dali by train. Lots of tunnels there as we we entering a mountainous area. I took a bus from the railway station to the Ancient City area. This took about 40 minutes and cost RMB 3 (THB 15). I got off on the eastern side of the area...
by Bamboo Grove
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:58 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

I studied in Jinan university in Guangzhou. The hotel was booked by using the Trip com web page. Also my flights and train tickets were booked by using Trip.
by Bamboo Grove
Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:34 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Kunming I woke up to a cold morning, it was around +5 in Guangzhou had some breakfast and left the hotel. Getting to Guangzhou’s airport took quite a long time from the downtown area. It’s the same, when you come from the south to the Guangzhou South railway station, everything is far away. So I le...
by Bamboo Grove
Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

Part 2 Guangzhou 2 On my way to Yunnan, I arrived earlier to Guangzhou than the previous time I was talking about. This was in the afternoon and so I had time to visit couple of more places. The first one was Chen Family Academy. I had visited this the first time during my university time in Guangzh...
by Bamboo Grove
Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

Re: A trip to Yunnan, China.

More to come, sure. Shamian was never crowded, the Guangzhou metro is crowded all the time but I'm not going to talk much about that.
by Bamboo Grove
Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: A trip to Yunnan, China.
Replies: 36
Views: 68655

A trip to Yunnan, China.

I had my first winter vacation while working in Macau in the late December of 2023 and decided to go to Yunnan. During my first trip to China in the spring of 1986 I had a plan to visit Kunming but in those days, it was so difficult and slow to purchase train tickets that I had to abandon the plan. ...
by Bamboo Grove
Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:17 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: 2024, 2567 or Otherwise - HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
Replies: 8
Views: 3066

Re: 2024, 2567 or Otherwise - HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

Happy New Year to everyone.
by Bamboo Grove
Tue Dec 26, 2023 6:11 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Photo Trip Report: South Korea
Replies: 65
Views: 16077

Re: Photo Trip Report: South Korea

BigBoy wrote You also had the same thing in Japan These things have been popular in mainland China for some years, as well. People pay a lot to rent the costume, have their hair done and get make up. Dali puvut 2.jpg Danny boy wrote Not trying to justify it, but presumably in the selfies, they get t...