Northern Yunnan family tour: Hong Kong – Kunming – Dali – Xizhou – Shaxi – Shangri-La – Lijiang – Shuhe – Hong Kong
Hello Anne,
We were delighted with our stay in Yunnan, despite very rainy weather.
What we liked:
Our two guides, Philippe and Tashi, were charming and attentive. Their explanations were always relevant and reflected their passion for their country and their wish to share it. They showed adaptability and flexibility when needed.
Hotels: Old Theatre Inn: for its unusual character. Linden Centre: for its unusual character and its welcome. The Bivou: for its charming welcome, spacious room and location. Sky Valley: for its unusual character and the quality of its facilities. Timeless Inn: for its warm welcome and very large room. The meal with a Tibetan family was a wonderful discovery.
What we liked less:
Chez Suzanne: the room wasn’t practical. There was nowhere to hang clothes, not even a coat hanger, and no towel rail in the bathroom. It didn’t feel very clean, and the shower in the bathtub was impractical. The river made a deafening, continuous noise when water was released from upstream, which woke us up in the middle of the night, and we were glad we hadn’t stayed two nights. The welcome was warm, though. Sean’s Guesthouse: lacking in charm, with basic rooms and little space to open a suitcase. The welcome was very average… we didn’t know who to ask about meals or breakfast… Timeless Inn: the basic shower floods the whole bathroom. Breakfast lacks variety, especially when you stay three nights. And there’s no coat hanger in the room. The visits to the black pottery and lacquered wood workshops didn’t seem particularly interesting to us.
Finally, the arrangements for our return flight were very surprising and confusing. We were on an international flight but boarded at the domestic terminal, so our flight didn’t appear on any of the screens in the terminal. This can be very confusing, especially for someone who doesn’t speak English well.
I’m happy to discuss this in more detail after we’ve settled back in France at the end of July.
Kind regards,
The DUF… family