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by on May.04, 2009, under Photos


Dali, Yunnan province, China


Dali is located in the north of Yunnan Province in between Lijiang and Kunming. The city itself has an Old town and New town, the older section having been fortified. The entire city is situated between the Cangshan mountains and Erhai Lake, producing a stunningly beautiful area. This picture was taken standing on the thick fort wall facing the mountain.

The beautiful thing about Yunnan province is that not many Han Chinese (they make up about 90% of China’s population) people live here, so you get to see how the other ethnic groups live. The largest represented ethnic group in Dali is the Bai.


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2 Comments for this entry

  • Jean-OurExplorer Tour Guide
    May 4th, 2009 on 8:47 pm

    Dali’s quite good for living. I like the slow pace there. On the southern city wall, you can see Cangshan Mt on one side, and Erhai Lake on the other. Very enjoyable.

    P.S. Bai minority girls are quite pretty. :)

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  • sweisbro
    May 5th, 2009 on 8:54 am

    I was there for 5 days and loved it, but I’m afraid the only foreigners living in Dali are those who are comfortable using drugs. I feel that if I lived there, I’d fall in with a bad crowd.

    The scenery is stunning, and the girls aren’t too bad :P