Golden Phoenix Hotel Jinghong

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... mountain, but not deer. So we are not sure what were eating.<br>Soundings were very basic, but if you saw the kitchen you would freak out, but we are still standing. <br>At this time there is a very special meeting being organised by the Xishuanbana Government and Vice Governor Chen is on the main organisers. The meeting is about the longterm sustainability of the of the Mekong River and will be attended by Government Officials from Beijing ...

... for the email, we are not kidnapped. Currently in Kunming in the rain!! Leaving for Guilin tomoro. Enjoy being home, being nice to the cats for me. Dont understand Nicks special new obsession with running.... says wants to be FIT bless him xx<br><br>Jane/ Khayam - Hope you all coping without me ;-) Have you sorted Qasiim out don't want to be left with the rejects!! Hope the baby is coming on ok K. I am ok, losing weight through the SHOCKING food, looking forward to Philpotts when I get back!! x

... br>After another 1.5 hours trek back following the same footprints we had made earlier, we got back to driver in one piece, but covered in scratches, blisters from the heat and dehydration. The walk was very impressive, despite the disappointing ending and so we have signed up for another trek tomorrow.<br><br>The scenery here is so different to the rest of China we have seen so far. You can tell it is near the Loas border as it is so tropical and temperature is ho ...

... my baggage but not a huge deal. It was done very quickly and no problems. I was the only one with baggage (many travellers just do day trips between both countries). I believe the bus ride is approx. 5 hours. Arrived in Jinghong and took a tuktuk to a hotel/hostel mentionned in the Lonely Planet. OMG, horrible room, very dirty . . .smelly . . . but it was getting late so I took it for one night and was quick to find ...

... every colour known to man on one tree or plant or another. At one point we saw latex trees. Many of them had been cut so that the latex could drain. I never knew it quite worked like that. All four of us ended up taking a nap in the grass before we finished the walk. We wondered our way back afterward and made out way to the blind massage school. We had hour long, full body massages for 40 yuan ($5.85)! It was a good day ...

... travelling trip after completing their national service) and hired a minivan and driver to head off to a town in the hills some way west of Jinghong, called Xiding, to visit the weekly market. This turned out to be a very vibrant and bustling one attracting members of the various hill tribes in the area. I got extremely carried away with my camera, and think the photos really sum it up best, so will add lots of them... On the ...

... yet to eat. We decided to try and bribe the officers with the lemons (not that there was anything we needed), but they weren't interested. We suggested, in Hebrew, they add some lemon juice to the teapot that stood on the table, but they in turn suggested, in Chinese, we take the lemons to whatever teapots we have in Israel... In the end, we gave the lemons to the owner of the hotel we stayed in that night, and she seemed rather ...

... bagved os. Vi koebte lidt frugt til morgenmad og haabede paa den foerste minibus der lignede at koere i den rigtige retning. Et busskift og 2 timer senere stod vi endnu engang i Jinghong. Lidt skuffede gik vi tilbage, fik lidt frokost og endte paa netcafeen hvor spillet Hitman 2 pludselig poppede op paa skaermen og af nostalgiske grunde blev noed til at spille i et par timer. Der var et natmarked et sted i byen hvor de ogsaa skulle have god Dai barbecue, men da ...

... has been tapped for redevelopment by the Chinese government, because the old city is coming down one city block at the time, and a new modern one is being substituted in its place. <br><br>An ex-pat tells me that this will be his last season here. I ask why. He points to the bulldozers. It could just be an increasingly cash-flush China re-investing in itself as well as elsewhere&#8230; or it could be ...