The old wall in Dali

Cloud road trail about 3000 feet above Dali. Cut out of the lside of the hills and often a cliff, this trail was almost level and hundreds of years old. It was quite an engineering feat, but was pretty hairy in spots..

Group of kids who came to look at the foreigners

Temple on the boat ride across the lake from Dali

YiuWah Kwok, a Dutch citizen living in a town very close to Etten Holland, but studying the Chinese language in Beijing.

Looking back at Dali

A stop at a Bai village on our boat trip

Heading back to Dali

The old wall in Dali

A small sample of the incredibly lush and fertile fields surrounding Dali.  All farmed by hand

A market 30 km north of Dali.  Sold some very interesting stuff, including a table with a ‘dentist’ who would pull your aching tooth

Cormorant fishing on the lake on our bike trip... sore butts!

You can see the old walled city of Dali below in the haze

Heading south on the Cloud road trail.  Beautiful but scary in spots.