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To
The Heavenly Mountains & Waters
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9
May 2004
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long
bus ride |
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with
loads of fruits and drinks to keep us occupied, the long 12-hours overland
ride from Kunming to the northwestern frontier of Yunnan was made more bearable |
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handmade
highway |
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much
of the highway linking Kunming and Dali was still underconstruction; what
amazed me most was that such major construction projects in China were still
by large built by manual labour, with almost nonexistent modern construction
machines to be seen anywhere |
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dali |
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at
Dali is where the famous scenic wonder of Yunnan begins... set with a stunning
mountainous backdrop, with the seventh largest lake in China to its north |
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