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...this once fabled and remote part of Yunnan province want when they get there? To a new generation of local and expatriate entrepreneurs, the answer is drink - and cafés and bars are everywhere. In the highly improbable surroundings of Zhongdian's old quarter - known in Tibetan as Dukezong - there are now some 25 cocktail bars. "If I had a dollar for every time somebody came in to just look, I wouldn't need to sell alcohol to pay the rent," says Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade...
...this once fabled and remote part of Yunnan province want when they get there? To a new generation of local and expatriate entrepreneurs, the answer is drink-and cafés and bars are everywhere. In the highly improbable surroundings of Zhongdian's old quarter-known in Tibetan as Dukezong-there are now some 25 cocktail bars...
...that kind of juxtaposition is precisely the charm of Zhongdian's cocktail circuit. With steep, cobbled lanes, wooden houses, courtyards and prayer flags fluttering in the wind, Dukezong was little more than a ramshackle residential area of 15,000 inhabitants two years ago. Now, it's being buffed and polished for the outside world, with B-52 cocktails served alongside bai jiu-the local firewater-and macchiatos almost as readily available as yak-butter tea. The bars attract a lively, mixed crowd of residents, young travelers, artists and adventurers, doubtless hoping to find their own Shangri-La. Chances are they...
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