Dali Happy Hotel

Dali is not a fun place, if fun is defined as scenic spots, exotic customs and dissolute nightlife. But Dali is interesting, rich, low-key, rambling and quiet, and all the beautiful things are hidden, like your childhood that you can't go back, the future that you can't reach, and the mountains and rivers that we lost, reappear in your dreams. For travelers, especially cycling enthusiasts, a mountain bike can easily help you sneak into the hinterland of Dali and explore the secret of why it is called Utopia. At this time, you will find that you are no longer a spectator, but integrated into the passing villages, fields, roads and Shan Ye. This is the fun of riding, and you happen to be in Dali.

I have lived in Dali for 4 years. According to my hobby of walking alone in recent years, I recommend the following 3 cycling routes around Dali.

Huanerhai Lake

A classic with both landscape and humanity.

Scenery: 5

Strength: 3

Mileage: 130 km

Time: 1 day or 2 days

Comprehensive recommendation index: 5

I have been to Qinghai Lake, Lugu Lake, West Lake, Dianchi Lake and Poyang Lake before, and there are no Erhai classics. At an altitude of 2000, the perimeter 130 kilometers, mostly flat asphalt roads, are not limited by seasons, and everything is just right. The water is so clear that you can jump in and swim in summer. There are grass, waterfowl and trees in the water. There are wild fishermen, wetlands and large fields on the shore, and everything grows day and night. You can hear the sound of crops pumping water, the sound of egrets flying by, the sound of scarecrows and birds playing hide and seek.

The road around the sea is not wide, close to the water and winding along the shore, and there are not many cars. Farmers hoe the ground, and cyclists pass by with a smile. When I entered the village, I took a narrower street. Each village has its own main temple, mostly the oldest buildings in the village. The ground is covered with bluestones and bricks, and weeds grow in cracks. If you put a few dollars into the merit box, the guards in the temple will thank you in vernacular, and some will greet you to sit down for a cup of tea in Chinese, or tell the story of our Lord. These streets and lanes are the main roads in the village, and there are canteens all the way, and the prices are kind, so you don't need to bring too many things when riding a bike. Old people wearing traditional Bai costumes, chatting in the corner, taking a nap and setting up stalls in small open-air markets, are the freshest fruits and vegetables. Some big villages still have stages, Kuixing Pavilion, Longwang Temple, pumping stations and high canals extending to Erhai Lake. In the waterfront area, most houses are rented by foreigners and turned into boutique inns. The street sign is hidden in the alley, so it is not easy to see. The architectural form is integrated with the village, which is different from the Bai folk houses. Generally, there are hydrophilic courtyards and viewing terraces with simple design. When you lie in bed and bathtub, you can see the sea. It is hard to imagine that these traditional fishing villages, which were very remote five years ago, have now become the largest, most beautiful, most designed and most expensive leisure and holiday inn community in China. During riding, you can turn into some open inns, have coffee, eat the cake just baked by the boss, and have a rest one meter away from the sea, but be careful, you may give up the rest of the journey.

The road on the hillside near Diego Town is one of the famous shooting spots.

Dig a stone pier into the sea, leaving a large area.

130 km is not short. The average speed18km, plus three hours for eating, resting and taking photos, takes10h, which still refers to a cyclist with acceptable physical endurance. Generally, it takes more than 12 hours. So it is suggested to start early in the morning and have a big breakfast. Only some villages have restaurants.

If you start from the ancient city of Dali, it is suggested to circle the sea counterclockwise, and all the way through Caicun, Longkan, Erbin, Xiaguan, Haidong, Xiaoputuo, Colorful (about 60 kilometers away from the ancient city, just the midpoint of cycling around the sea, where you can have lunch), Shuanglang, Jiangwei, Taoyuan, Xizhou, Jiang Shang, Shiling, Panxi and Xia Bo. If you ride clockwise, you must ride against the wind in the afternoon. The wind in Erhai Lake is not usually strong, especially in winter and spring, and it will be strong in the afternoon.

Erhai Lake is so beautiful, you should stop to take photos, you should go deep into Bai village, or you should experience the legendary sea view room. Coupled with physical factors, it is better to ride once every two days. It is recommended to stay in the double gallery on the high building for one night. This is the only completely hydrophilic town around Erhai Lake, with complete inns, bars, restaurants and specialty shops, facing Cangshan Mountain, which is the best place to watch the sunset.

You fly in the sky and I walk on the ground.

Sometimes you will see small sailboats that are almost extinct in the mainland.

What is homesickness? The ancient trees beside the sea tongue in Xizhou ancient town were silent.

If you start from Shuanglang and ride for one day, it is recommended to turn clockwise in order to avoid riding against the wind in the afternoon. If you ride for two days, it can be reversible. In the evening, you can stay in seaside villages, such as Longkan, Caicun, Xia Bo and Panxi. Quiet than the double gallery, the starry sky is bright. Seeing Erhai Lake and the moon is lucky, which will move you to pieces. It's also great to get up early to watch the sunrise. The only regret is that there is very little food and drink in the village, and most of them order food or spell rice in the inn.

The locals are running for their lives.

The East Ring Road to the east of Erhai Lake (locally called Haidong) has a broad vision and is magnificent. Erhai Huanhu West Road (locally called Haixi) runs through rural villages and wetlands, which is beautiful and meaningful, with a strong humanistic atmosphere and closer to nature. Recommended shooting locations are: the wooden plank road of Longkan Wharf, the stone road of Longkan Wharf extending into the sea from colorful town, the wetland in the north of Erhai Lake (at the end of the river), the streets of Xizhou, the old houses and Haite Wetland Park. Of course, the fishing boat in the distance, the trees in the water, the winding path around the sea, the sunset between Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, and you on the wheel are all necessary subjects.

Short-distance cyclists can pick the section closest to your residence at will, as long as it is by the sea, it is a classic.

There are many kinds of riding, which can be small and fresh.

Can be brave and diligent

You can ride an electric car.

You can ride a Harley with this handsome pot.

You can also ride horses, by the way, Ma Zhen.

Dali-Jizushan Ring Road

Looking for lost beauty in the mountains

Scenery: 4.5

Strength: 4.5

Mileage: 220 kilometers

Time: 2 days

Comprehensive recommendation index: 4.5

Jizu Mountain is located in the east of Erhai Lake, in Binchuan County, Dali Prefecture, where Tibetan Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism meet. It is said that Ye Jia settled here. It is a famous Buddhist holy land in history, with a flourishing incense and numerous temples. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, it declined due to bandits and other reasons. It was not until the Republic of China that Master Xu Yun revived the Dojo. Nowadays, Jizu Mountain is not widely known, but it does not lose the advantages of practice, sacrifice and tourism. While riding to Jizu Mountain, some ancient people seem to be looking for the lost beauty in this deep mountain. In fact, a road leading to Jizu Mountain has been abandoned, and there is no cell phone signal. This is the essence of this line.

Color Town is the best place to get in and out at the foot of Jizu Mountain, because there are few cars recently. The connection between the ancient city of Dali and Jizu Mountain is equivalent to Erhai Lake 130 km, and the small ring of Jizu Mountain = 220 km, which combines all the riding characteristics of the sea and the mountain, and is especially worth a try for riders who love mountains.

Starting from the ancient city of Dali, ride counterclockwise like around Erhai Lake and arrive at noon. After dinner, I set foot on an asphalt road newly built in Gaoxing Village, Tokyo in recent two or three years, and trudged for more than 40 kilometers to Jizushan Town at the foot of Jizushan Mountain. The elevation and excavation of the town are not much different, but most of the 40km new roads are winding mountain roads, with Baofeng Temple being the highest, and there are wineries and canteens run by Lisu people nearby. There are few villages and cars along the way, and the scenery is magnificent. After a long slope in the next section of Baofeng Temple, there is a long, narrow and beautiful dam on the mountain. Binchuan raisins are planted in a large area along the road. Occasionally, some villagers take them off and put them on the roadside to quench their thirst and refresh themselves, but remember to rinse them with clear water for fear of pesticide residues.

The mileage that day was more than 90 kilometers, which was not hard. When you arrive in Jizushan Town, you can slowly find a place to live by bike, ranging from tens of yuan's farmhouse inn to hundreds of yuan's hotels. The town is small, with a small population, very quiet, covered with a mysterious luster in the afterglow of the sunset, and the white tower on the mountain is faintly visible. If the budget is limited, you can choose the farmhouse inn, and the price can be reduced to 40 yuan in the off-season, which is clean, spacious and hot.

Have a good sleep, and when you have enough time, you can go to Jizu Mountain to worship. There are many temples, and they are said to be very spiritual. You can take the cable car to Jinding Temple, the main peak, and return to the inn before evening. The specific strategy is unpredictable.

If you continue to ride the bike the next day, it will be the essence of the above-mentioned road section, an abandoned old highway with a length of 50 kilometers-He Kang Highway. It's not far from the town, so you need to go to12km continuously. On a highland, we stopped to look down. Under the blue sky and white clouds, it was the road that came to Jizu Mountain yesterday, like a white satin, winding in the mountains and disappearing into the dark green forest in the distance. Riding forward, I saw the dam at the foot of the mountain, golden rice fields, blue reservoirs, orderly villages and fields, and endless mountains in the distance. I can't believe that's the road I walked yesterday.

We passed a slope and began to descend 10 km, passing Lizichang village, which is the only village along the way. There are industrial hemp bases recognized by the government outside the village, and fruit trees such as chestnuts, walnuts, plums and pears are also planted. With the owner's consent, we can pick some to taste. The climate in the mountains changed. Just as the sun was shining, a sudden rainstorm forced us to the shade under an old chestnut tree. An old woman hung a sharp machete around her waist to shelter from the rain. We giggled when we didn't understand, and then we were in a daze. A ripe chestnut fell from the tree with a crash. We giggled and picked it up and peeled it and ate it.

It is 3 kilometers near the mountain pass, and the rain is getting heavier and heavier. We hide in the forest protection station to have tea. There is water shortage in high places. The water was pulled from Lizichang village by motorcycle, and the staff was from that village. They are polite, quiet and not as enthusiastic as the Bai people in Pingdi. Perhaps they have lived in the mountains for a long time and have little communication with the outside world. If we were you, we would talk to mountains, marijuana, wild birds and unpredictable storms every day. I'm afraid a lot of words are unnecessary, even the cell phone has lost its signal. Good.

Abandoned in the mountains, this road, this village, and silent people make up another world. Because of the rain, we stayed in the rain for a while. We are walking too fast, so we need to slow down and look for the lost beauty. Cars and horses once stumbled back to Shan Ye, where sand, fallen leaves, reptiles and weeds gradually recovered their lost ground. The road began to crack and collapse with the change of terrain, but it still lost its dignity, and the feeling of riding on it was unparalleled.

After a long downhill road, cross a 5-kilometer-long gravel road (destroyed by a quarry) and return to Huanhai Road in Color Town. Continue to ride around Erhai Lake according to the previous strategy and return to the ancient city of Dali. The mileage of that day was 130 km.

Dali-Shaxi Ring Road

Just to appreciate the other side of Cangshan.

Scenery: 4

Strength: 4.5

Mileage: 295 km (240 km by bike)

Time: 2 days

Comprehensive recommendation index: 4

There are two kinds of travel, one is to focus on the destination, the other is to focus on the scenery along the way. The trip to Shaxi in Dali belongs to the former because the scenery along the way is mediocre. But returning from Shaxi belongs to the latter, because the road is at the west foot of Cangshan Mountain, which is a fascinating place that we rarely set foot in, and it seems that there is no interest along the way.

Shaxi is the only surviving market on the ancient tea-horse road. Like Shuanglang and Nuodeng, it is a tourist town (village) that has only emerged in Dali in recent years. So, why not go to Shaxi by bike? It's exciting to think of this place.

But when you are on the road one day, you will inevitably be a little disappointed. The road to this mysterious town is actually not fun at all. 100 kilometers on the ancient Yunnan-Tibet road (National Road 2 14). Lack of maintenance of road conditions and large number of carts. Some sections of the road are being built, the dust is rolling and the scenery is very dull. Niujie Township, which passed by on the way, is a bit interesting. Hot springs are very good, and villagers like to take them home to feed cows and soak their feet. Stay at the farmhouse hotel, 30 yuan a room, and get an independent bubble pool for free, and soak for as long as you want. To the west of niujie, there is a "horse path" that leads directly to Shaxi. It needs to climb mountains and mountains for dozens of kilometers. Afraid of puncture, I dare not ride.

There are many hot springs in niujie. In the evening, people like to go home to soak their feet or feed cows.

Arrive at Diannan Town, Jianchuan County, turn left to Shi Baoshan, which is also the way to Shaxi. There are almost no cars for 25 kilometers along the way. Over a mountain, there is a village in the small dam, surrounded by white walls, black tiles and green trees. A stream crosses the field and enters such a world from a busy national road. It is quite a paradise, but the village is really called taoyuan village. Over a higher mountain, over the Shi Baoshan Gate, the next slope is long, and the eyes are suddenly enlightened. This is a bigger and longer dam. The first time I rode here was on an autumn evening. Heihuijiang quietly flows to the south. The compacted flue-cured tobacco house stands in the golden field. There are several old people sitting on the ancient steps of Ciyin Temple at the entrance to the village. I know this is Shaxi.

I'm staying at No.58 Courtyard Inn opened by Taiwan Province girl Xiaofen, and I'm the only guest. I stepped on the creaking board and went upstairs. I fell asleep. It only took me 8 hours to drive 130 km. The next year, I went by bike, and there were many inns in Shaxi. Now that there are many inns, it is rare to keep the original silence. You can stay in Shaxi for a long time, bask in the sun under the ancient stage in Sifang Street every day, or ride a bike to the surrounding villages and climb Shi Baoshan, which is a 4A scenic spot with few tourists and wild interests everywhere. I'm absolutely glad you came.

Shaxi was so quiet at that time, sitting in a daze every day. At that time, Maiqiushu Bar was still there, and Xiaoshu was still very young.

Finally, I had to go back to China. I will continue southbound along the Heihuijiang River in the morning, pass through the bridge and make iron, and arrive at Yangbi County. The whole journey is a county road named x084, 1 10 km, all winding in the west foot of Cangshan Mountain. As it is a county road, there is no car. There are mountains on the left and rivers on the right. The mountain road is gentle and smooth. Due to the barrier of Cangshan Mountain, the Bai villages along the way are also self-sufficient and happy. Compared with the villages in the east of Cangshan Mountain, the houses seem to be more dilapidated and more reminiscent of the past.

You should arrive at Yangbi station before the last bus to Shimonoseki leaves at night. There are few passengers at this time. You can put the car in the aisle behind the car and go over Cangshan by car. It only takes 1 hour to get to Shimonoseki. If you choose to ride, the road is steep and steep, and it will be very hard and difficult to ride that day. As for the road from Shimonoseki to Dali, it goes without saying.

Shaxi Jishi

When I have time, I must visit Shi Baoshan nearby.

Comprehensive prompt

These three cycling routes, the car can not be bad, a good car can make you relaxed and happy. A buddy of mine borrowed a friend's bus to ride the Jizushan Ring Road, and almost pushed it in the last 20 kilometers of the return trip, because the bus pulled his knee and calf. It is strongly recommended to wear cycling pants, helmets, gloves and sports glasses. Don't go downhill too fast on mountain roads, otherwise accidents will easily occur. People who are afraid of the sun need to prepare long-sleeved clothes or sunscreen. There are supplies along the way. You don't need to carry too much, but you should have simple and warm clothes.