Stone Forest Kunming

We woke up extra early to ensure would be able to purchase our tickets from either the bus or train station. We were able to leave the hostel around 8AM and arrived at the train station in an attempt to purchase train tickets to the Stone Forest. However, for some reason we received instructions for the bus station and headed from there. Once we …

Kunming is al weer onze laatste bestemming in China, het is ontzettend snel gegaan! Dit betekent dat we vanavond de bus (van 28 uur) pakken om de grens met Laos over te steken. Hoe meer richting het zuiden je gaat in China, des te meer het begint te lijken op het beeld dat je van het land hebt. Ineens dragen mensen de Chineze 'rijsthoeden' (die …

Drive 1.5 hours (100km) to the Stone Forest. Sightseeing here is approximately 2.5 hours on stone paths to view the maze of rock pinnacles, lake and ponds. After lunch drive back to Kunming.
After checking out from the hotel this morning, visit the Western Hills close to the lake and city centre. Walk from the bus park to the entrance gate. You …

October 26 - November 1

Checking out of our Shanghai hotel we walked across the street to "our" subway station and took the 40 minute train ride to the airport. Our 3 hour flight was on time and we touched down at Kunming's brand new airport (China's 4th largest) around 4:30 p.m. A bus, then taxi got us to our hostel near the center of the …

Today was the day to make Emily (and perhaps all geologists all around the world!) quiver with jealousy – the Stone Forest, a remarkable example of Karst scenery. (Having read that word several times today, I actually bothered to look it up – apparently it is when there is some insoluble rock (e.g. basalt) in amongst some soluble rock ( …

We arrived in Kunming at 8am after an enjoyable 18-hour train ride during which we had been lucky enough to get luxurious sleeper bunks. Our first impression of Kunming (the capital of the province of Yunnan) was that the people seemed a lot friendlier and laidback than in hectic Chengdu. Getting off the train, we quickly grabbed some flavourful …

Moving on from Hong Kong! A short plane ride took us to Kunming, about 1000 miles from HK (home to Portland). Everyone in China is in a huge rush, pushing and running just to get in line! Kelli said she can't help it, that China has made her that way too, haha. Although we didn't travel too far, it made a world of difference. We are definitely …

On Friday morning, our last in HK, we said goodbye to Alex and his folks and met Abe at The Flying Pan, a great 24 hour restaurant that served American breakfast. They even had tofu scramble! Yay! Abe, being the best host ever, drove us to the bus station in his nice BMW so we could get on our way to Shenzhen Airport for our next leg. We thanked …

Up early, great breakfast and off in the van to the Yunnan Stone Forest. This was a great trip through the Yunnan countryside with it's red soil and villages throughout. We travelled the 90 or so kilometres on a six lane expressway that ended at the Stone Forest ( Shi Lin ) we passed through 5 double tunnels under ridge summits. It was nice to be …

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Nous sommes parties sac au dos de bon matin avec l'intention de visiter la "foret de pierres", site avec des gros rochers tous pointus qui paraissait sympathique dans le guide.< …

... 3 - The 29th. We placed a little note on the noticeboard before leaving for Green Lake asking if anyone wanted to visit the Stone Forest. Replies were sought as the minibus cost about 55 pounds and the intention was to share the cost. We received some ...

... about the size of a fist...Mmmmm yummy! Having recharged our batteries, before moving on, we decided to visit the celebrated 'Stone Forest'or Shilin the natural wonder (and world heritage site) located 130K east of Kunming near the town of Lunan. We ...

... hair, and they tend to be completely mashed. Anyway, Kunming. There's not much to do here apart from eat Big Macs. There's a Stone Forest (whatever that is) that costs a tenner to go and see and is apparantly rubbish. And also there's a Surfing ...

... Kunming yesterday, you can't but notice how every building has large solar water heating installations. And now in Shilin, near the Stone Forest, they have put in a 166 MW on-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating project - to generate 77.04 ...

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... destination. So we booked them 4 days down the track, and decided that we may as well take an ovenighter to see Shilin - the "Stone Forest". We hadn't heard great things, but hoped that by spending the night there we may avoid the tackiness of it a ...

... chinese or western cafes. Plus heaps of westerners of course. The next day we planned to take a train to Shilin Forest - a stone forest which is pretty spectacular in theory. In actuality, hoardes of tourists (like us...) ruin any sense of awe ...

... soon find out. I enjoyed it though, got a great suntan, and got some pics, etc. Today I have spent hours updating this log with news since beijing, its now 13.45 hrs about 6.45am in the UK, this afternoon I hope to go to Shillin (The Stone ...

... stay in Kunming for one more day, taking in all that I have heard, and whilst I do I will try to visit the Stone Forest and the Ethnic Minority Peoples who live there, although this will depend on the ticket situation. Already a number of ...

... as Lareina is able to piggyback on the Chinese tours and tell us what they are saying. We also visit the less busy ancient stone forest a drive away, more like a national park and more peaceful. We go out for dinner that evening with Adam and Ceclie and ...