Today we are had a boat ride on Lake Erhai to Jinsuo Island which is home to a fishing village and the PAR minority ethnic group. It is pouring with rain and visibility is not great. We arrived at the island around 10am and walked around the local fishermans' market. There were lots of unusual treats like Dragon Fly Lava or crabs on a stick. Small eels called loach and lots of other live fish on offer. We then walked to a Chinese Temple where the locals we...

Today we left our hotel in Kunming, the Jin Jiang. We had a 5 hour drive ahead of us with numerous Mechanical and Police checks. Entering Dali we had our first glimpse of Erhai or Er Lake which is an alpine fault lake. Its' name means "Ear-shaped Sea", due to its shape. Lake Erhai is the second largest highland lake of China at 116 kilometres long and its average depth is of 11 metres The lake has a backdrop to all of Dali City and in the west against the...