Were Back in Dali Old Town at The Lilly Pad Hostel. We got upgraded for free from a 2 bed dorm to a double ensuite room for my birthday! Thank you to everybody for my birthday wishes, Its lovely to hear from you all. Were having the best weather I think I've ever had on my birthday. Garath bought me some funky red flowerdy trousers, bells on strings, a bracelet/necklace thingy, and earings. All very colourfull! Were going for some food later and a couple of dr...

Yesterday we finally went up the Cangshan Mountains. We got up early and met up with Brendan and a Korean guy (cant remember his name) and all took the open chair lift (ski lift). When we got up to the top we met Chris who was at Wada hostel in Guilin with us. We all set off together. We walked for about 6-7 Hours and saw some amazing views of the Erhai lake and Dali old town and Dali city in the background. We went to the waterfall but as its the dry season it ...

Nihao! We havent been up to much the last couple of days, just chilling out and catching up on sleep! We went round the shops and markets to get a few bits today. I bought some new trainers/daps. 3 pound bargain! We might try the cable car up the mountain tomorow. Weather depending, if its windy again I aint getting in a box on a rope for no amount of cookies! Got some more postcards today so they'll be winging their way to you all soon. Loving the messages ...

Hello to all you lovely people! Hope your all well? Yesterday we rented bikes, Garath and Annie had mountain bikes and me and Kiwi had motorised electric scooters. They were so much fun I'm deffinately getting a scooter when I get back! The weather was lovely so we went down to the lake which was beautifull. We then went round Dali old town causing chaos! We stopped for some food in the centre of town, and I had brownies and ice cream for dessert Garath had 'Bl...

So were here in Dali Old City! The bus journey was mostly spent asleep as we didnt get much sleep last night. We went to a couple of crazy clubs in kunming, Soho and Sinbad's. We didnt have to buy hardly any drinks the chinese are so excited about meeting westeners, they just kept filling our table with beer and saying "Cheers mate" all the time! We were with about 6 other people from our hostel. After the clubs we went back to the Hump Bar under the H...