The park is very pretty at night when all the old buildings are lit up with brilliant lights.
I walked north of the city along the old French railroad, through an industrial area, then through a tunnel, and into a very hazy valley full of open pit mines. It wasn't the pleasant experience I'd expected so I have up after one day and hitchhiked back to the main highway with some police who were concerned for me and didn't think it was safe that I was there.
Nice article and video essay from The Guardian on a one of the world's last operating steam trains
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/10/china-steam-train-sichuan
agree with Annonymous Coward and mike4g_air
this comment as relayed by ChinaSmack about sums it up:
"哪里有压迫,哪里有反抗"
"where there is oppression there will be resistance"
@Alien
Sorry, Yunnan has a 54.64% forest cover rate, not two-thirds.
Still, that's pretty impressive.
I second what b galipeau said.
Chinese maps have a tendency to show "complete" roads which haven't even begun to be built yet, but are planned for 5 years off in the future!
I tried to do exactly what you are talking about doing last year and got into big trouble, nearly died trying to cross a landslide on the old Mekong road caused by construction of the new road high up on the cliff.
From Weixi north you're fine, but from Weixi south (actually from Baijixun south) the road was still very much under construction when I was there last year, and judging by the state of the work at that time I'd guess it still is.
Further south, in Lanping County, there is also major construction still going on.
Your best bet, if you're trying to get from the far north to the Baoshan area, without taking the main route through Dali, is as follows:
Weixi - Lanping - Yunlong - Yongping
You could also hike over the mountain from Cizhong to Nujiang, then go down the Nujiang to Baoshan
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This is a really nice new restaurant in Dali. High quality vegetarian and vegan food, varied menu, daily specials. They make their own kombucha, too. The environment is very chill...multiple layers, floor seating, an outdoor courtyard and terrace balcony overlooking the the roofs of the neighbors in old Dali
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Serendipity is an honest-to-gosh American style diner, a concept I don't think I've ever really seen before in China.
They do salads, burgers, and pasta dishes, but the true stars of the menu are the breakfasts, which are served all day.
No measly hostel breakfast sets, these ones come with heaping servings of bacon and eggs and bottomless coffee.
No table seating. Everyone sits around the counter, where you can see what's going on in the kitchen and chat with the friendly staff.
The fresh donuts are the best I've had in China
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The 68 kuai Saturday night all-you-can-eat buffet is a terrific deal.
Steak, pork loin, chicken schnitzel, pizza, two kinds of salad, creme de caramel, cheesecake, and lots of other stuff.
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Recently experienced both very early morning departure and very late night arrival at Changshui. Was worried about making the connection to and from the airport, but both turned out well.
First, the departure. It was 7:30 am. I arranged a taxi to pick me up at 5:00. That he did. Cost: 100 yuan.
The departure was scheduled for 12:30 am, was delayed, and didn't get in until 2:30 am. I was sure I'd have to find a black cab, and wasn't even sure if I would find that. Instead, I was delighted to discover that the Airport Express Bus was still running! For 25 yuan it took me to the train station, where I then caught a cab for the short ride the rest of the way home. I was very impressed by this late night bus. I'd thought the buses only ran till around 11 pm-midnight. I don't know if this is a regular occurrence or not. Maybe, knowing my flight was delayed and there would be hundreds of passengers looking for a ride home, the airport dispatched an extra bus. If so, kudos to whoever was responsible!
Kunming battling Chinglish
发布者When it comes to proper English, I really place my trust in the chengguan.
Getting Away: Hiking the Gaoligong Mountains
发布者I'm a little confused about the timeline. Was this entire hike accomplished in one day, without camping on the mountain?
The original Shuanghong Bridge was even older - dating to the early 1500s. The 1759 one standing now is a reconstruction. Chinese reconstruction has been going on for some time!
I'm not sure all 农家乐 would qualify as "agrotourism". A lot of them seem to be just normal restaurants which happen to be on the outskirts of town. Not saying the ones in 百花岭 aren't, just that in general not all 农家乐 are.
I want to do this hike. Thanks for the report!
Apple concludes massive Chinese marketing scheme
发布者I wasn't so much as fooled by dumbfounded. Come to think of it, I was fooled.
Coke accused of collecting classified information in China
发布者Any details on what, exactly, Coca Cola did that drew their ire?
As a pretty enthusiastic gps user. I wonder how many laws I've broken.
Cycling the hills around Jiaozi Snow Mountain
发布者Base layer is Google Maps' terrain layer. I created the colored elevation contours by hand based on Google's (non-colored) base data. The red line was traced based on the roads layer, then altered to correct for the displacement that China orders for all of Google's maps in China