Hi, Alfred -

Thanks for your reply. I always appreciate your sharing your vast
experience of Asia.

Here's what I was thinking. We will probably have a bunch of luggage
(if the shopping is good) and we both get motion sickness, so if we
fly I'd probably take a pill and be zonked. By the time we get to the
airport (18 miles north of Dali) an hour and a half before the flight,
wait for the plane, wait for the likely delays, get off, get our
baggage, get ground transportation - we've invested between three and
four hours. A car would take four or five hours. And there might be
something to see en route.

What do you think?

Regards,

Walt

Alfred Molon wrote:

In article , Walt Bilofsky
says...
I'm planning a trip to Yunnan province, China, and am wondering how to
go between Dali and Kunming. Most of the tours use air, but we may
have a car and driver in Dali and it might be simpler just to get them
to drive us. Does that make any sense?

Flights between Dali and Kunming are cheap and plentiful. I'd take a
flight, instead of spending hours in a car.