Crescens' travel page

China: Dali
 
We arrived in Dali the morning of the first day of the Third Moon Fair.
Many people from al over Yunnan, including many 'nationalities', gather at Dali to enjoy this massive party.
 
 
Shops full of souvenirs...   ...along Wenxian Lu.
 
 
 
One of the pagoda's surrounding Wuhua Lou Gate.   Dragon Parade
 
 
 
 
 
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The West Gate     The South Gate....
 
 
....by day and...   ...by night.
 
The next day, after visiting Xizhou in the morning, we went to....
 
...the horse races...
 
 
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...with many colourfully dressed local tribeswomen in the public. 
 
 
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Just outside Dali is Three Pagodas & the Chongsheng Temple.
 
The entrance fee was too much for us, but we got pretty close to it cycling through the bordering village.
 
The light of the full moon refected in Lake Erhai.