Next, my trip proceeded to another interesting historical city, Lijiang 【丽江】. Lijiang is located in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. It has traditionally been occupied by Nakhi minority [纳西族]. Thus, people there are called 胖金哥 and 胖金妹 (pàng jīn gē, pàng jīn mèi, male and female respectively). Seriously, this is how you address people when you are in LiJiang. You shouldn’t call them “ah boy or ah girl“.

The town has a history going back more than 800 years and was once a confluence for trade along the old tea horse road. The Lijiang old town is famous for its orderly system of waterways and bridges. The old town of Lijiang differs from other ancient Chinese cities in architecture, history and the culture of its traditional residents the Nakhi people [source]

Entrance of Lijiang Old Town.

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After our dinner, we watched the LiJiang traditional performance which has won numerous international awards namely, “LiShuiJinSha” 【丽水金沙】. The show was awesome, it portrayed olden Nakhi Empire and its people life. The decoration, sound system, lighting, performers and so on were InCreDiBle.       ( ⊙ o ⊙ )！

awesome performance !

We were told that the day view and night view of Lijiang Old Town are totally different.   (⊙_⊙)？ Thus, after the show, we proceed to Lijiang Old Town to have a look. Indeed !!! Amazingly, all buildings in old town have been decorated with lights and so on. I was crazily taking photos here and there but too bad….without a DSLR….  (+﹏+)~

Lonely, quiet street.

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If you have any chance to visit LiJiang, i would highly recommend you to visit Old Town of Lijiang !!!  \(^o^)/~

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Early in the morning around 6am, we visited Dali’s Ancient City. The Ancient City is centered around the ancient city of Dali, first built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Then, we traveled Erhai lake 【洱海】 with a boat and visited a small island.

On the small island,  there were people selling baked fresh fish, fried prawn and so on.

One of the uncles & aunts that i met in my trip treated me bAkEd fish. I was so shy to take..@_@..They were from FuJian, China. They chatted with me throughout the trip and introduced me other friends in the trip. They were too friendly and made me don’t feel lonely in the whole trip even though i was alone. 10s a lot.

Next, i visited 【白族】 Bai minority’s residence. An unique and classical house.

The famous Bai minority’s tea : 【白族三道茶】 . There are 3 different taste of teas. First, Bitter following by sweet and ended with little spicy and sweet.  “一苦、二甜、三回味“

While enjoying the tea, there was traditional performance presented by Bai minority.

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Coming up next ……… Lijiang – 丽江

wah…Professional !! too shy to bring out my cute little camera.

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i bought some nice candies here

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Nan Ping street 【南屏步行街】is the famous pedestrian street in Kunming.

Typical Kunming’s taxi.

let’s zoom in one of the taxis. Notice anything weird??

One morning, my breakfast……

another rice noodle….Kunming is famous for it..haha… Tu Ji Rice noodle【土鸡米线】

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Coming up neXt……
Dali Trip…..大理的神秘色彩

I met a lot of people from all walks of life with different backgrounds, countries and so on. Almost everyone asked me this ‘standard’ question when i met them.

[Conversation in Mandarin]

A: 你从哪来？ 【Where are you come from?】

Me: 马来西亚 。 【Malaysia.】

A: 哦，马来西亚？ 你怎么会说中文啊？【Wah, Malaysia? How come you know how to speak Mandarin?】

Me: 我们在马来西亚有接触到中文教育啊。 【We (Chinese in Msia) did study Chinese in Msia.】

A: 哦，你说得很好啊。 【oic,  you can speak very well.】

Me: 是吗？还可以吧 【Really? Thanks.】

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So, communication is not a problem for me in Kunming. Asking direction from anyone by the roadside is an easy task as people in Kunming is so friendly and helpful. Some even walked out from their shop to point the way for me.

Of Cause before flying to Kunming, i google-ing around to find any yummy food to eat and interesting place to visit in Yunnan. As saying goes “All works and no play make Jack a dull boy“, besides participating the conference,  i visited around Kunming as well as joined a local trip to few interesting places like Dali 【大理】 and LiJiang【 丽江】. Okok…cut the crap….let’s view photos…….

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One of the famous local foods in Kunming is Guo Qiao Rice Noodle 【过桥米线】. How they get the name? For more info. English | Chinese

Two well-known rice noodle franchises.

::Guo Qiao Rice Noodle::

Ready to eat !! Yummy~~~~very nice…..    still drooling when posting this pic~~

Happening area in Kunming: Jin Ma Bi Ji Fang 【金马碧鸡坊】where a lot of shop lots can be found here.

Yunnan local products and foods fair in conjunction with seagull festival.

Busy street.

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To be continued……….

How nice if we can fly~~~

*Captured when i was back from Kunming, China yesterday.

What is Free Hugs ?

The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public places. In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal. The hugs are meant to spread the love to others and make them feel better. It was started in 2004 by an Australian man known only by the pseudonym “Juan Mann”. The campaign became famous internationally in 2006 as the result of a music video on YouTube by the Australian band Sick Puppies. [source]

In Korea especially during winter, it is common to see someone standing on a happening street with a “FREE HUGS” sign. So, just go and hugs, you will feel more warmer.

::@Daejeon, Korea::

::@Busan, Korea::

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so, Start the “Hug Warming“………..

↖(^ω^)↗ HUGS u ALL ↖(^ω^)↗

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Original Free Hugs Videos

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Free Hugs in Korea

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Official Site:  Free Hugs Campaign

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