Today (Sunday) we spent time in Dali Old Town. Near it is the new part of Dali, which is rapidly becoming a modern city. Much of Old Town is a shopping district, attracting a lot of Chinese tourists, though it retains the beauty of the old architecture and lovely streets. Much of the crowd was young and very stylish. After wandering for several hours, I stopped to rest. I started reviewing the photos I had taken and came to the realization that if someone were to rely on my photos to give them a sense of what Dali is like, they would have to conclude that it is entirely populated by older people in traditional dress. I have developed a finely-tuned radar that picks up any granny within a two block radius!
