Cold but comfortable in Yunnan
Updated: 2016-02-22 07:37
By Yang Feiyue(China Daily)
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They don't fear the presence of humans. Some even fly toward the food held by visitors and take it away.
The scene is breathtaking and in your face and practically a moving picture with the blue water and sky, white clouds and snow-capped mountains in the distance.
It is the mid-January, supposedly the coldest period in the Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province.
Yet, I cast off my heavy overcoat once we land at Dali Airport after a four-hour flight from Beijing. The slight chill in the air is nicely balanced by the warm sunshine and refreshing breeze caressing my skin on the 30-minute drive to the island.
The heavenly site is just the tip of the iceberg in the prefecture's Cangshan-Erhai area, which the local government is striving to turn into a leisure center.
The construction of a self-drive camp and tourist center along the Erhai coast has begun, says Ma Jinzhong, executive deputy director of the prefecture's tourism development committee.
A total of five upscale hotels, including the Hilton, opened last year.
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