Travel

How an Ancient Fishing Town in Dali, China Provided a Much-Needed Romantic Retreat

It was June 2021 and my husband and I desperately needed a weekend getaway. The “oh, yes, this is why I married you” kind of a getaway.

Living in Beijing during the pandemic combined with long hours at his work were causing all kinds of tension. Online school, apartment lockdowns, travel restrictions and one emergency surgery in a Chinese hospital had sent our collective stress meter into the red zone.

Photo: Kirsten Harrington