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@Ocean,
that's why the YF vaccination is required when arriving from affected areas. You cannot get YF inside Asia, but Asia could get YF from someone arriving from outside.
@Ocean,
that's why the YF vaccination is required when arriving from affected areas. You cannot get YF inside Asia, but Asia could get YF from someone arriving from outside.
@Ocean, I think you should speak to a proper health care professional.
Lariam was a popular malaria prevention some twenty years ago when the side-effects were much less studied. It is not something they would give you in the UK anymore for prevention.
There are anti-malarial regimes with much less side-effects than Lariam.
Why would you need a Yellow Fever vaccination? Yellow Fever "has never been reported in Asia" says the WHO who should know (www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs100/en/ ).
Proof of YF vaccination is required if arriving from an affected area, such as Latin America or Africa, but not from China.
I do not know anything about the Mouding event, but Yimen 易门 holds its annual Wild Mushroom Trade Fair 野生菌交易会 from July 20-26.
As far as I know, the event in Shiping county is in Longpeng 龙朋 township.
The mushroom houses you have seen are most likely the ones close to Nanhua 南华, the bus from Dali does not pass anywhere near Mouding 牟定.
With the lotus in bloom July until August should be prime time for Puzhehei. But having been recently to Shiping where the nearby Yilong lake is also famous for its lotus flower, the lake there is almost totally dry and the lotus boats are all moored. Not sure what the water situation is in Puzhehei. Puzhehei gets busiest over the torch festival, August 11 this year.
Yuanyang is also quite nice in summer, but you are unlikely to get great views of the terraces as the weather tends to be extremely hazy and of course rice is growing in the terraces. All the most spectacular photos with the fog swirling with the rising sun reflecting in the terraces have been taken in winter. Few photographers this time of the year.
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It is rare to find good approximations of western food anywhere in China and their lamb-chops (listed as lamb T-bone steak or so) were the best I have found so far. They came with good fries and the beer was cold. I liked the way that they serve the gloopy 'black-pepper sauce' separately, so one can just skip it. Pleasant and quick service too.
A pleasant modern eatery. The menu claims the chef worked for a large Chinese chain of Thai restaurants, but the Thai aspect of the food is difficult to find.
I gave the 'boneless chicken feet' a miss and had some spicy beef which while not bad was closer to the usual Sichuan fare than anything Thai. A dog under the table quickly lapping up any dropped food complemented the Sichuan experience.
The spring rolls were not bad though and together with a beer the bill came to Y58.
Easiest improvement would be better rice.
Easily the best bread to be found in Yunnan with friendly and efficient service. I have made detours to Dali just to pick up some bread on the way back to Kunming.
Getting away: Lijiang
发布者I do not think Yereth managed to crawl out of bed 'looking for the perfect early morning shot': they do not keep the lanterns on until the morning, so it was probably accidental shutter release on the way home after a few beers.
Best time for a good picture at Black Dragon Pool is early morning, after 8:30 the light turns flat even in winter. Plus bring a long lens to shorten the perspective. With your Lijiang 80Y ticket you only get one entrance to the park, but it is easy to see if it will be worthwhile from the outside.
I am not sure if the building still exists, but near the market is/was a two story building where (with a little bribe to a local resident) you could climb on the roof for a shot over the old city towards the mountain: best in the afternoon.
Lijiang is the only place where I hesitate to take photos of the very few remaining locals. They must be feeling like Paris Hilton out in her underwear every time they leave their house. Give them a break.
Riding into Kunming's future
发布者The airport express busses are supposed to be starting at 5am, not sure if it is true though. #1 runs from the old Nanjiang Hotel at Xiaoximen.
en.kunming.cn/index/content/2012-03/05/content_2865380.htm
Otherwise I have found that it is no problem getting a taxi early in the morning from the Kundu area, much easier than later in the day. Around 6am plenty of taxis still show up to take people back from a night out and they always seemed to be happy to take me rather than someone likely to throw up inside their car.
The drought: Good and bad news
发布者You can all check how much water you are using by looking at your water bill: a cubic meter (=1000l) of water costs 3.45Y, so if your bill comes to more than 10Y per month per person you are using more than 100l per day.
Even on our half-day rationed water in our flat, we still managed to use about 70l per person per day in April/May. We blame the cleaning lady.
Getting Away: Trailrunning Tiger Leaping Gorge
发布者August is certainly not the best month to go. Even if it does not rain, the mountains are most of the time shrouded in clouds. Landslides are the biggest risk, particularly if one attempts to cross a recent one.
Properly done, the walk is not difficult and there are some ways to cut out the more boring bits. I would suggest taking a car up to a little teahouse, called something like Sunrise Guesthouse where the trail branches off the dirt road that goes up to some village. (Starting from Qiaotou the walk is first along the road, then up the mentioned dirt road, before it becomes a trail.) The best guesthouse the Naxi Family GH, IMHO, then comes after a not too difficult walk. It has the nicest views in the afternoon (clouds permitting) and is not as crowded as Halfway House. The second day would take you through the 18 bends and the highest point to Halfway GH for lunch (not many people there for lunch, many Koreans seem to arrive after dark, hiking all the way from Qiaotou), and after lunch down to the road at Tina's, from where you could take a car back to Lijiang (the walk is then all along the road).
Getting Away: Xishan
发布者The coming weekend is particularly good for a visit to Xishan as 三月三 (the third of March in the lunar calendar, this year on March 24th) is the traditional folk festival day 耍西山. It is an occasion for theatrical performances like local opera plays, song and dance and is extremely popular. (If you are looking for solitude, this might be a day to avoid.)
To make the most of the weekend, this year the festival is extended to Sunday as well. More info on this year's activities here: yn.yunnan.cn/html/2012-03/16/content_2097736.htm