Dali and Kunming

We went by bus to Dali. We stopped at Chongsheng Temple and the Three pagodas with the Cangshan mountains in the background.

I think we went on a boat trip on Erhai lake, but no pictures.

We spent a couple of hours the next morning in the old city.

The west gate of the old city. Much of the wall was destroyed in an earthquake.

We couldn't figure out whether these ponies were for rent or whether the country folk rode them into the city and tethered them there.

Another flight - this time back to Kunming. We visited a park that was decorated for Chinese New Years. The New Year holiday is known as spring festival. It seemed a misnomer to me until I saw all the beautiful flowers in southern China. Unfortunately it was cold when we were there even with all the flowers.

For supper we had mushroom hotpot. The waitresses in their ethnic costumes sang for us after we finished eating.