We are in Kunming now (77 degrees Fahrenheit / 25 Celsius all week!), and intend to make it to Lijiang, Diqing/Shangri-la, Dali and maybe even Jinghong before going back through Kunming on the way out to Anhui province / Yellow Mountain.
Everything sounds glorious and touristy at the same time. Entrance fees are ABSURD to some places. Do you know how much we paid to go hiking at Huashan in Xi'An yesterday?
If you don't care, skip this part. SKIP--->
[1 kuai for the bus to the train station, 25 for the bus from the train station to Huashan, 10 for the taxi to the mountain from town, 60 or 100 for the entrance fee to the mountain (60 if you had an old student ID like I did), 5 for insurance, 20 for the roundtrip bus that takes you to the cable car, and 135 round trip for the cable car. (!) Then, we got back so late we missed the last bus out of town. We had to take a cab to the train station (40 kuai), then take the train for 20, and the bus for 1. I don't even want to add it...Like 282/person...Hannah paid 320ish. OMG. It's a mountain! It should be free! (Except for the cable car). Sigh.
(300 yuan is USD $44. We paid 4 kuai for 8 baozi. We paid 12 kuai for our breakfast: A giant bowl of tomato and egg soup, 8 baozi, 8 dumplings. I like CHEAP.)]
SKIP:
In Korea it doesn't cost money to "enter" mountains.
We were interested in checking out the natural stone forests (Shilin) outside of Kunming, but we're afraid it will be too expensive. They look cool, though. Entrance: 140 yuan! That isn't all that much in American money, but it adds up with transportation; plus it's two hours away. Booo.
I'll let you know what we DO end up doing. I'm sure it will be spectacular. Am loving the weather. Might ditch my winter coat...not yet though.
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