This is a big part of what travel is about for me... Getting to know people who are so different, but the same.
Dear Robin ,
How are you ? Are You flying back to US today ?
Sarah and Andy arrived to Dali yesterday and we had breakfast in my place this morning. We were talking about you .
I went through our trip photos , I really enjoy this trip with you guys and specially all the chat with you .
I definitely want to keep in touch with you and hope we would meet up again somewhere in this world ,
You are very real, smart and special , please keep this way . Only smart people can see it .
Warm regards from Dali !
Juli
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Hong Kong notes
* at midnight on the weekend, what are hong kongers doing in Kowloon? Shopping. No bars, no live music, only shopping.
* the lights of the shopping district in Kowloon could compete against Time Square
* there are too many people here
* the bar on the ocean boardwalk is a magnet for Westerners.
* are all the walking trails paved around here?
* I think I've made the record for the most sweat in one day. It is soooOoo humid.
* good idea: alpha-numeric labelled subway exits. And nice signposting. Well done, HK.
* where to live if you don't want to live in a little apartment in town? A bigger apartment on the edge of town. I guess the building of individual residences has been banned.
* ha, the line for the ancient elevator to the 8th floor of cheap guesthouses was a mile long. What's 8 flights of stairs?
* fresh seafood
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* the lights of the shopping district in Kowloon could compete against Time Square
* there are too many people here
* the bar on the ocean boardwalk is a magnet for Westerners.
* are all the walking trails paved around here?
* I think I've made the record for the most sweat in one day. It is soooOoo humid.
* good idea: alpha-numeric labelled subway exits. And nice signposting. Well done, HK.
* where to live if you don't want to live in a little apartment in town? A bigger apartment on the edge of town. I guess the building of individual residences has been banned.
* ha, the line for the ancient elevator to the 8th floor of cheap guesthouses was a mile long. What's 8 flights of stairs?
* fresh seafood
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Departure #1
Everyone departed ways today, and it's super sad to see everyone go. For 2 weeks we were a pretty solid adventure group.
It's raining cats and dogs in Lijiang today, and I wish I would have gotten an earlier flight out. (I checked, there are no other options available today.) I'm going to rest in my expensive hotel until checkout time, and then venture out into the rain.
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It's raining cats and dogs in Lijiang today, and I wish I would have gotten an earlier flight out. (I checked, there are no other options available today.) I'm going to rest in my expensive hotel until checkout time, and then venture out into the rain.
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Overrun
Nevertheless, will explore the area more fully tomorrow before my flight to Shenzhen in the afternoon.
Foods
Today at lunch we had ground donkey in one of our dishes. It tasted like beef.
We also had cold pig face salad.
All this while the owner vigorously cleaned the guts of 5 pigs outside in a shallow basket on the ground.
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We also had cold pig face salad.
All this while the owner vigorously cleaned the guts of 5 pigs outside in a shallow basket on the ground.
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The end already
Today is the last day of the tour, and it's hard to believe. I feel like I could go on for another 2 weeks! Julie lives in Dali, Yunnan, and she invited us to visit her. The Aussies are going to Dali, and then traveling on to Bangkok. At home it's easy to forget how alluring it is to just drift-travel. Forget the real world... There is much to see in the rest of the world!
The last few days, we've begun passing through Rice-land. It is warmer here, and the crops produce more. The Liso minority lives here: they wear page boy hats, and strap straw baskets to their backs like backpacks.
Yesterday especially, the 1 lane country road we followed along the Yangzi, through wooden villages, and through rice, corn and tobacco fields was spectacular.
Ready to go again.
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The last few days, we've begun passing through Rice-land. It is warmer here, and the crops produce more. The Liso minority lives here: they wear page boy hats, and strap straw baskets to their backs like backpacks.
Yesterday especially, the 1 lane country road we followed along the Yangzi, through wooden villages, and through rice, corn and tobacco fields was spectacular.
Ready to go again.
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Trip notes
* women sweep the parking lots wearing high heels / platform shoes
* Chinese tourists trudge into the woods to see the Michael Jackson monkeys wearing slippers or heels.
* there are 2 types of small towns around here: quaint wooden villages and not-quaint commercial centers
* everyone eats rice noodles for breakfast
* pigs get walked along the road in the morning. If you hit a pig with your car, you pay for the pig
* beer only comes in the 2% or 3% variety. Pot is a medicinal plant that grows by the side of the road.
* Chinese have an extraordinary ability to sit on tiny 8" stools to eat all their meals
* you never know when you'll spot a camel. Or a water buffalo.
* Selecting a restaurant is done by sauntering into the kitchen and inspecting the available foods. You might even get to select the fish to kill.
* on this side of the village : wooden village; other side: cement factory compound that looks like Oz's Tower from a distance.
* the government will plop down high rise living right next to sleepy village.
* I guess deodorant isn't a thing here.
* no one swims in the river.
* real haystacks: not machine-rolled bales
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* Chinese tourists trudge into the woods to see the Michael Jackson monkeys wearing slippers or heels.
* there are 2 types of small towns around here: quaint wooden villages and not-quaint commercial centers
* everyone eats rice noodles for breakfast
* pigs get walked along the road in the morning. If you hit a pig with your car, you pay for the pig
* beer only comes in the 2% or 3% variety. Pot is a medicinal plant that grows by the side of the road.
* Chinese have an extraordinary ability to sit on tiny 8" stools to eat all their meals
* you never know when you'll spot a camel. Or a water buffalo.
* Selecting a restaurant is done by sauntering into the kitchen and inspecting the available foods. You might even get to select the fish to kill.
* on this side of the village : wooden village; other side: cement factory compound that looks like Oz's Tower from a distance.
* the government will plop down high rise living right next to sleepy village.
* I guess deodorant isn't a thing here.
* no one swims in the river.
* real haystacks: not machine-rolled bales
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
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