Dali

Following the close of the ICS conference there were two post-conference tours to choose from. Both went to Dali the first day but one went to Lijian and then Shangri-la while the other split off and went to Baoshan and Tengchong. Nancy and I took the Shangri-la option. Everyone went to Dali where this group of photos was taken. We toured an ancient (and, surprisingly to me anyway, privately owned) mansion. The place was incredible with paintings, statues, scrolls, gardens, on and on. Again we took way too many photos and I have imposed a limit on myself. Hopefully these will give you some small taste. We then toured a shopping mall by electric bus (but no shopping allowed). Nightclub hopping was offered after dinner but I passed on that. The photos here start with the ancient mansion, move to the shopping area after the electric car photo and end with some of Nancy’s photos of the nightlife.

“Dali had once been the capital city of two local regimes: the Nanzhao in the Tang Dynasty, and Dali in the Song Dynasty. The existing old town, built in the 15th year of Hongwu Times of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1382), is one of first batch of national famous historical and cultural cities. The gate towers of Dali Old Town are majestic. In the old town “Streams pass along every family’s doorway and camellias blossom in every family’s yard.”

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