My girlfriend and I are planning to travel in Dali for about 10 days, would you like to give us more suggestion? First of all, I should describe our situation, I will come back to China around Christmas holiday, actaully, we are not traveling at that moment, because I just want to take my girlfriend to there and have a good rest. You know, currently my girlfriend takes too much pressure from hers job working in a multination bank in Guangzhou, and she will take hers IELTS exam in Febrary 2006, so I want this travel not the real travel, because during the days in Dali I will help her to prepare for the IELTS exam. Here, I want to tell what my requirements, we need a room, it doesn't matter hotel or guesthouse, but the price should be reasonable, and should have bathroom, toliet and internet access (we have laptop).

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