Saturday, May 19, 2012

China Day 2 - Travelling from Kunming to Dali(大理), Dinosaurs Valley

We started our day visiting a Pu Er tea house in Kunming. Well like most of the China tour, you need to clock at least 1 merchant a day.
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"Pan Jin Mei" sharing with us about tea
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You can find different grade of Pu er tea here
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One of the expensive grade
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Tea tasting
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Okay the sales begin!
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Well since i have gotten a tea pot, so getting a better grade tea seems reasonable...anyway i did not buy alot, just one biscuit of it and it really taste much better than the earlier one i had from malaysia.
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Next, our visit to the Dinosaurs valley
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The park has a little resemblance to Jurassic Park
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Mum's favourite flower
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Took a buggy ride to the exhibition hall
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The chinese has a very funny naming for some of the dinosaurs. They name it according to the place they discover it...so you probably see alot of guizhousarous etc...
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A group photo before we left for Dali
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The first place we visted Dali, 大理鹅湖
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The locals are trying to keep this lake clean from pollution.
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Walking thru the 大理古城洋人街, where you see the old houses that were meant for the Bai ethnic group
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A poodle i spotted along the way
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Its a place of attraction currently and there are alot shops selling souvenirs.
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Pubs, drinking places, restaurants, everything can be found here.
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Finally, we reached our hotel..Regent hotel, the most expensive i heard in Dali.
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This is the largest room we have stayed through the whole trip.
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