falling
I am still a cranky girl with my smiles and loud voice, as well as my laughters.
Just that I may have lost myself..
Just that I may have lost myself..
bubbly
Thursday, December 25, 2008 5:09 PM
A gloomy christmas this year. Since I'm stuck at home, with my mum in a terrible mood, I've decided to blog about my trip to Yunnan while staying clear and out of her way!
Finally- the palace where there're performances held. These performances are actually some scenes taken from the chinese show! Interesting yeah?
This shot is over exposed because I forgot to switch off the night mode of my camera so the brightness is omg...
The olden streets
Haha! Here comes the most fun part of that place! A horse ride! Well, actually not exactly considered as a horse ride because we were actually on the carriage and not on the horse...But nonetheless, it was fun! My little bro wanted to ride it so much so the person-in-charge allowed him to sit beside him in front! (ie: "driver's seat") =)
And this is the entrance to those huts!
Now, this shot is really funny. Because if you ever observe the man, he is waving non-stop. Actually, you have to pay to take a photo of that goat over there. But oops! I didn't notice that and happily took a picture of it, almost got myself into big trouble. But luckily, I hid among the crowd and got away with it! Hahas..Anyway, this was taken in a "gu cheng" (olden city), a place to shop but there really wasn't much things to buy there except for silver ware and those cultural handicrafts which weren't that attractive, so this trip isn't a good shopping trip. Only one to admire the scenary of Yunnan and understand the lifestyle of the native tribes there.
This is a photo I took on the bus! Hi-tech tour coaches in China!!! Seriously, the gadgets in the bus was damn cool! Such as the GPS, which warns the driver if there're any police or speed cameras around and if he has exceeded the speed limit or not. Then there's the tv as you can see, which only plays the items on a specific hard disk so there's no VCD/DVD player at all.
Some shots of the scenary during all the long bus rides in order to get from one city to another! Really bored while I wasn't sleeping so there I was happily snapping away! =)
This is a shot taken at the place where they shot one of the chinese movie-Tian Long Ba Bu in Dali. It's really impressive once you step inside, it's really like you're taking a walk down memory lane in the olden days, exactly what you see in those shows. The shops and the details of everything there. Fantastic and an expensive place purposely built for the filming of that show! But now, it's open to the public for viewing and of course, you got to buy tickets to get in!
The entrance
One of the stairs...
The roofs of those olden buildings.
Finally- the palace where there're performances held. These performances are actually some scenes taken from the chinese show! Interesting yeah?
This shot is over exposed because I forgot to switch off the night mode of my camera so the brightness is omg...
The olden streets
Haha! Here comes the most fun part of that place! A horse ride! Well, actually not exactly considered as a horse ride because we were actually on the carriage and not on the horse...But nonetheless, it was fun! My little bro wanted to ride it so much so the person-in-charge allowed him to sit beside him in front! (ie: "driver's seat") =)
Another over-exposed shot but in my point of view, it looks pretty good anyway! =p
One of those huts, I can't remember the place we took it, but it's where the horseman stopped for us to take photos. He's a pretty kind fella, employed by the chinese government to provide the horse carriage ride in that place of interest. He's really good and patient, because he stops and explain every place to us! =D
And this is the entrance to those huts!
A spectacular view of the "new" Dali city, ie: the Urban Dali is what you see in this picture taken! And I had to climb a really long flight of stairs in order to take this photo! =( It wasn't easy because the air as you climb higher, got thinner and you really get breathless easily!
These houses look like toy ones but they aren't! Imagine these type of houses found in Dali! Wow! Kinda surprised...
Now, this shot is really funny. Because if you ever observe the man, he is waving non-stop. Actually, you have to pay to take a photo of that goat over there. But oops! I didn't notice that and happily took a picture of it, almost got myself into big trouble. But luckily, I hid among the crowd and got away with it! Hahas..Anyway, this was taken in a "gu cheng" (olden city), a place to shop but there really wasn't much things to buy there except for silver ware and those cultural handicrafts which weren't that attractive, so this trip isn't a good shopping trip. Only one to admire the scenary of Yunnan and understand the lifestyle of the native tribes there.
This is a typical household of a tribe known as the "bai zhu" (white tribe, directly translated.) And their tribal name orginates from the colour they like! How interesting! And so, basically, their costume is based on white and bright colours)
The last picture of Dali taken after lunch before I left for Lijiang. A picture of a really clean street.
The end of day 2 of my trip! Footprints left in Dali!
Ok, got to stop here for dinner, shall update soon! Hahas...And MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! =)
comment
