Arrived in kunming after yet again a pretty uneventful train journey. However this time being 'experienced' travellers we brought some spirits on around 35p for 500ml of 52% strange liquour. All the chinese people approved of it so we must be doing something right for a change! Seemed to be a huge tour group on the train and took us forever to g...

Our second and last day in Kunming was meant to be a combination of visiting the Lake Dian and the Expo Gardens. While we were at the lake Jack asked us if we were particularly interested and knowledgeable in horticulture. We are not, we just like parks and lakes. We were thankful for the question as it turns out that the Expo is a modern area e...

back home after an excellent weekend of fun with my buddy!

Kunming Like - the street food, and the area around the university Dislike - the cost of the stone forest Do Differently - stay a shorter amount of time, but I had bought my ticket too early Transportation - bus, and train to Guilin Stayed - Camellia Hostel/Hotel - I really didn't like them, their customer service was horrible, and really not ba...

After 4 days in Yangshuo, it was time to get a bus back to Guilin and hop on a train to Kunming. I wanted to go to the water falls near Guiyang to break up the 18+ hour train trip to Kunming, but my friend was short on time and didn't want to miss Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunan. So we decided to take a train all the way to Kunming. All things cons...

Things are quite as convinent here as they were in Yangshou and consequently I haven't had the opportunity to update the blog recently. However, not too much has happened. Two days ago, (the 25th?) we jumped on a bus from Yangshou into Guilin. From there we made our way to the airport. We were two hours early for our flight which was a good thin...