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March 19 flight from Guangzhou to Kunming overcast, cloudy 1165 times Train 1637 kilometers
Slowly the train started, I was finally able to leave the downtown of Guangzhou, carrying beloved backpack, onto the street course. Although the sky covered with clouds, but my mood was exceptionally sunny. We are 3 people towards the party embarked on the direction of Kunming, this time a very long journey, and only plans starting point, end point where you are, simply can not be estimated. If you feel a sudden want to go home, then go home, this is the heart of freedom of course.
In order to save travel expenses, we must be calculated for each trip's itinerary is good, with a view to traveling with a minimum of money to most places. The train from Guangzhou to Kunming, we have bought a hard seat ticket to Kunming tomorrow until 15:32 pm at night only one night of sitting on the train.
Our party 3, LC, cat and me, LC is a full of tall young man, but a look of the vicissitudes of life, people often exaggerate his age. To Tibet for half a year ago, spent six thousand dollars to go ten provinces. First-class talent in languages, as often shamelessly in a foreign language or dialect boundaries with different ethnic girls approached, he learned the language of a rich and broad foundation for the road in the future there is a very important value in use. cat is a self-consider themselves beautiful blossoming typical city girl, has a lively and cheerful character, than I can imagine the hardship encountered unhappy when they used to say: "You two come, let me vent and beat", also two big men everywhere to say that we bully her, but the world they believe her. I, RAYMOND, one heart, whether or King appearance are very young people, the way had been mistaken for early 20s, I really regret not prepared for a trip before the student card, you can save a lot of money.
March 20 the sun 302 kilometers from Kunming to Dali total 1939 kilometers
Last night, a night train ride in the morning then trapped and they are tired, but fortunately, the train along the way is a green, people feel has come to the territory of Yunnan Province, Kunming, not far from the City of Eternal Spring. 15:30 trains arrive in Kunming, we have forgotten the way of fatigue, on his backpack, out of the train station, next to the coach station there. Whenever a new place, the first one to want to know is the next drive, running back and forth to waste. Into the bus terminal ticketing hall, to a police inquiry, but police used a very strange vision of our three people from head to toe scan again, and then puzzled tone of voice asked: "Are you Chinese?"
I'll use a very standard Mandarin, said: "Yes, we are Chinese, to Yunnan travel, would like to ask where the car has to Dali."
"You can go to that long-distance bus station to ask." Police said, pointing outside.
We Tao Hsieh out of the hall, looked at each other, I pointed to the two of them said: "look at you, dressed like the two Japanese, a good review about her."
They immediately retorted: "You do not like ?!!!。"
Over the next journey, we are constantly mistaken for a native South Korea, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, both want, and unexpected, we have to patiently explain to them again and again: "We are from Guangzhou travel, the authentic Chinese people. "but sometimes still have to show ID to prove their identity. They said that the Chinese people not many people traveled to the backpack.
The one hand we make fun of each other along the side of Beijing Road, walk north, into the bus station and saw the car go to a lot of Dali, almost at any time, but a little expensive ticket. LC said: "We are looking for TRAVEL SERVICE buy a ticket, should be discounted, and we came along Beijing Road, No. 202, Kunming Lake Hotel on the third floor, and indeed with the 60 yuan to buy a ticket to Dali, almost less than half the price.
Kunming did not want to stay, lay down their luggage storage, we can go strolling in Kunming, Beijing Road, north along the walk, you can go to a square, right into the Dongfeng Road East, there is a "Jiang Zemin's regime brothers" restaurant, where the steam Chicken pot is very well known, nor expensive, a minimum of 5 yuan, there are many kinds to meet the different tastes of people. , Of course, cross the bridge noodle came to Yunnan, of course, taste the snacks, 5 yuan a bowl, quite delicious.
We returned to Kunming lake hotel, free wash, a bath to wash away the fatigue the way, really good comfort. TRAVEL SERVICE will be a girl took us to the car Zhanshang Ju, accompanied by a Canadian girl, she was a person to come to China travel, though Chinese, but do not speak Chinese. She wanted to return to China at the next stop is also a Dali, and then we accompany peers. Sleeper car is set up, but the two person sleeping in a shop, if you are a person's car, it is necessary, and a stranger sleeping in a night啦. 10 points had to drive everywhere, touting the driver, got to 11:30 before opening, but fortunately to Dali is the highway, cars go very smooth and sleep in the car tomorrow morning, can go to the Dali had.
Dali Sun March 21
8:00 to reach Dali (Shimonoseki), the sun does not come out, the weather was unusually cold, coaches typically less than Dali, to the terminus of Shimonoseki even. Because the car is that good is to Dali old town, the driver will give the money we have traveled to the ancient city. He reaches the entrance there is a bus No. 4 in the morning there were very few cars flew all the way, more than 20 minutes to reach the ancient city. Looking at the ancient city of tall walls, immediately felt the ancient ethnic characteristics. Gone through gates into the city and saw the road only a city as big as a small road on both sides of the street are shops, hotels have opened, there are rental bicycles are sold snacks and crafts are sold, but not large, there are small the small sidewalks, quiet but clean, there is a small town in an elegant, but is different from the south, very local features.
Four Seasons Inn on the open here, surrounded on three sides of the Mulou a courtyard, planted with a variety of flowers and trees, of course, the famous Yunnan camellias, positive on the first floor there is a coffee shop, tired of the taste of coffee, you can come back here to face, side view all kinds of magazines next to also provide a few computers, the residents could free Internet access. Comfortable environment for a very leisurely pace, the only bad is the toilet.
LC said: "let us look at a few more, I know there is a very cheap hotel rooms department."
Many of the locals take the initiative to come looking for customers to take us home to several local stores open, the environment can, but no more earth, were dropped. Walked, the street has come to a crossroads, then have seen the Golden Flower Hotel, LC took us into a hotel, do not stay in the lobby, has been inward-tang went through the alley into the hotel The Housekeeping Department. Here is the school of L-shaped two-story wooden hotel, 2 floor corridor, decorated with rattan chair, you can see Cangshan. Under the shade of a tree on the first floor there are stone orange, night, wine can be made on-huan.
Boss said to us: "how, each 15 yuan a night."
cat said: "The less expensive bar, it is low season, we are students, not much is it!"
Boss finally say, but we promised to 10 yuan a night Let us live, we should not overlook a few dollars, we are here to save along the way, where the province that is enough money, has completed half of China.
To lay down their luggage, to wash a shower, there is a 24-hour solar hot water supply, large water surging water washed down the body, really good comfort. I showered back to 2nd Floor, LC had fallen onto a good coffee, we sat in the corridor of the rattan chair, looking at the opposite Cangshan, drinking fragrant coffee, while on the road to talk about the fun side to enjoy life, this non - taking into account the feeling of freedom to worry about is very comfortable, it has been our pursuit of life.
At noon, we visit the ancient city, ancient city to a crossroads as the center, extending to the four directions on both sides of shops, the way visitors like carp, very lively. On both sides of the road there are some stone pillars of animals, the mouth spit it out a long stream water column is always flooded, visitors can quench their thirst on their own to Enjoy your holidays.
Rent a bike on the day 10 yuan, 5 yuan half a day, you can go to the city outside the play on. About Cangshan on among the local villages along the way has a warm smile to greet us. Local houses are from local materials, stone-built, very strong, small garden planted with flowers and trees, life is really relaxed freehand. Walked, a protruding wall of the Camellia attracted we want to go take a look at, from the open door looked inward, host family is firewood, see our entry immediately to stop the hands of the living, warm hospitality that we , but also pour, but also placed a chair. I particularly like hanging in the hammock in the garden, watching the head of the flowers, smell the scent of camellias in full bloom, basking in warm sun, shaking the hammock, and the owner chatted with the tea, it is really a great enjoyment .
Bid farewell to a warm host family, we ride all the way down the mountain slide into Erhai light the way clear Tsui, cool breeze, the way to go to the Erhai Lake bon voyage, but also downhill, almost no riding. On both sides of the wind over large tracts of crops, like the sea rolling. Riding has always been the first is the terminal, rental, on a ship, the bike is also placed on sitting in on board you can easily visit Erhai Lake scenery, but also Keji bike into the village along the Lake Erhai, to experience local life. If the weather is good, at night the full moon in the sea, the Serenade Erhai Lake in Dali, one of the four landscape, Shimonoseki wind, on the customs of the flower, Cangshan snow, Erhai month, even the girl's hair is also based on Bai This is the theme of the romantic is only a taste of Dali, Dali came to be considered呀!
Dali also a dish - casserole of fish, fish-based materials, coupled with tofu, mushroom, noodle, er silk, vegetables and some other attached material placed in a casserole where soup, soup, sweet, the fish tender and, weight big, there are various sizes, 30 yuan a paper that the three of us eat enough, is a local specialty, it is worth a try. You can also go to bars at night, where most visitors get to know a lot of new friends and tourists from all over the world with each other about their experiences, can feel the fun of travel, but also enjoy the nightlife of Dali, more deep love of it .
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Author: raycat
