Monday, December 14, 2009

Day 11 Dali - Three Pagodas

Day 2 in Dali was another relaxing day. I had a late lunch and went to another billion dollar tourist attraction. This need for every tourist activity costing around 100 yuan is getting a bit tired. 100 yuan is 15 dollarsish but to put that in perspective. A dorm room costs 20 yuan, lunch 10-15, if you eat at a western cafe.....you can eat cheaper...oh well. I should be in Vietnam by the weekend.

The tourist money grabber I picked were the three pagodas a few kilometers north of Dali. It was cool I guess. I wasn't particularly overcome by its awesomeness or dissapointed by walking around there. The pagodas took all of 20 minutes to sufficiently gawk at and photograph. However behind the pagodas was a large temple compound that due to the income from those pricey pagodas was well taken care of.

I then spent the rest of the afternoon climbing up the hill taking pictures of all sorts of statues and buildings. I am sure it will happen on this trip but I am waiting for temples and such to get old. I am sure they will but as of now I have fun taking pictures and enjoying the colors used in the buildings and statues.

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The Three Pagodas

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Reflection lake

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The rooftops of old Dali

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One of 59689 gates I climbed up the mountain to pass through

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Pagoda

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These are a few pictures from a room at the temple compound, well a few of them that housed maybe a hundred buddhas all in different poses....it was a bit scary to be in the alone....these are a few of the more entertaining ones.

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