12/4/24 Fri: Woke up very early at 6.45am today and left at 8am to蓝靛扎染坊recommended by啊龙because we wanted to try
dyeing clothes ourselves as it was popular among tourists in Yunnan. It was
10.30am when we arrived in丽江and
saw some customers at the shop already. I picked a plain white tee (RMB 120) with植物扎染, which contained板蓝根as the dye, because the lady
owner said it supposedly does not harm health and can last longer.
There
were a few steps to follow where we had to make creases and tie the shirt up
before lowering it into the big pot. I tried my best to “pinch” the tee with
the strings provided as my “master” watched on on my left but I did not quite
get it right, so he demonstrated further a few of the times.After
making the shape, one has to tighten it to make sure the dye gets onto the
correct creases. He brought us over to the dye area and told me to dip my tee
in with one hand but he did not say I had to hold still for two mins lol! It’s
hard to keep still with my body bent and only one hand holding on to the tee.
Worse, I forgot to tie up my hair so there were fly-aways irritating me now and
then haha.
Had
to wait around for a while for the dye to dry before we could take our “end
products”. Here’s Alina’s dress and my t-shirt! The print came out quite nice!
It’s light blue after the tee’s dried though.
Left
at 12.45pm over for late lunch at 2.30pm before we visit束河古镇. It was a random shop and
we ordered鱼香肉丝饭and番茄炒蛋盖浇饭 (RMB 31)! Food I enjoyed when I studied in
China years ago~
Was
at束河古镇from 3.40 to 5pm. *It was
not as crowded as丽江古城we’d
experience later at night…* We first
went to 青龙桥to take
some photos and Alina was our own "professional photographer" haha.Bought
one嘉华玫瑰饼and one 抹茶饼 (RMB 10) to try as we
listened to acoustic music performance outside one of the restaurant and bars. 嘉华玫瑰饼was quite sweet but still
nice, but the matcha flavour was a bit weird though. Two of us were just enjoying
the music this afternoon and the idea of a “slow life” was really relaxing.Just
before we leave the place, 纳西族啊龙quite
excitedly showed us a random纳西族’s
home from the outside and made us take a photo there lol.At
6.30pm, we arrived at one of the carparks around 丽江古城and the boss from茗和舒院came to take our luggage. It was a cosy and
peaceful stay not far from丽江古城
and I cannot say how much I liked the interior of the boutique resort and the
room! This was the only stay that I “handpicked” from online and had to top up
to stay here for two nights but it was very worth it. The sound proofing was
best compared to most other stays given by the agency. *was invited to tea
by the boss’ wife too at the main hall~*
Decided
to walk around丽江古城at
8.30pm and have small bites for dinner. It was very bright and crowded during
our one hour of walk! We tried the包浆豆腐(RMB 12) but it was not as nice as the one啊龙bought in大理I thought. *saw some东巴文on some walls…*
We
ended up at纳西美食城where
there were seats. Ordered the chicken wings and hotdog (RMB 25) but they were
so-so and the炒面(RMB 25) was
not to my liking either.
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