Photos from Dali

The mountains surrounding Dali

The old, intact walls of Dali


A pavilion in the city

The old streets

Lovely little street

Gates

The mountains as seen from the city

Interesting church with Chinese architecture

Gate to the city

View from that gate


The view of Lake Er



The town on the slope of the mountains

This is where you can go to eat a minority family, I guess. Weird thing: the Chinese actually says "Ancient town family".

Michelle! Skewers!

Old town at night

Dancer at this bar

Unreal view of Dali and lake Er from the campus of Dali University, which is only six years old and insanely pretty

This is all faculty housing. Yep.


The hills behind Dali University. Eat your heart out, Wash U.

Photos from Mt. Weibao

The view of the Kunming mountains from Mt. Weibao

The trail through the mountain

More view

Temple complex on the mountain



View from the temple

Lovely little pavilion in one temple

Yin-yang

Another shrine building

Lovely frescoes of taoist deities


Wood carving in the temple

Temple in the woods

More yin-yang. That's the way they roll on a Daoist mountain

Stairs to a high temple

I really liked this image of the mountains through this smoking censor

Photos from Weishan

This shop sells colorful things for festivals

Can you handle the pressure? Apparently, representing the culture right doesn't mean spelling the words right.

Lovely stone gate with view of the mountains

Old courtyard house

Lovely old streets, reminds me of Europe

City park

I kinda liked how beat up the buildings in this park were



Grass on the pavilion roof, this place was legit

Elaborate wood carving in a new house being built

The tower at the city center


Believe it or not, this is an elementary school. I think it used to be a temple.

How tea is sold in the village


The village's open air market. Those cuts of meat are generally straight from the animal.

More village


The restaurant we ate at, an old courthouse mansion