A G: Tea Horse Road - Dali 大理 by Gordon

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Tea Horse Road - Dali 大理 by Gordon

Dali Ancient City

- Gordon

Tea Horse Road

Tea Horse Road Day 2:
Kunming, Dali

Gate Dali

Wuhua Tower
五华楼

The Museum

Dali ancient city (大理古城) is full of ancient historic things. It has nicknames like Yu city (渝城) or violet city. Dali's ancient artifacts are so well preserved that they have been unharmed up to today. Dali also has many foreigners. Why? There's a whole street to them. It's called the Foreigners' Street of Dali (洋人街).

Dali Ancient Town
大理古城

The Foreigners' Street
洋人街

Street view of Cangshan Mountain

Bai people dance performance

View Erhai Lake from Cangshan Mountain

It is 15 km long, from Dali to the vast Erhai Lake (洱海), and the high Cangshan Mountain (苍山). We rode a cable car to the top of Cangshan Mountain. The view was amazing from up there. We saw the milky green Erhai Lake (洱海). Tianlong Cave is located at the top of Cangshan Mountain. The place was lighted up with colorful lights. The lights made it look beautiful. These stones, like the Stone Forest, also have shapes. But better, you can touch them.

Lights decorated Tianlong Cave

Lights decorated

Tianlong Cave

Lights decorated Tianlong Cave

Beautiful wetland of Erhai Lake

People fishing at Erhai Lake

Erhai Lake

The Erhai Lake (洱海) is milky green. Erhai Lake is an awesome place for water lovers. There are stairs for you to go down to touch the water. But don't swim, because it's very deep. The green water is thick, so you can't see anything. The lake is very huge, so wide that you can't see any of those points. You can also go fishing. One strategy is to use shrimp to get fish. Look, people got a catfish!