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Ninth Day: Kunming
Dear all, I am getting a lot of flack about putting in grammar and syntax ( it is me, Jane) in this block, but frankly I think my companions underestimate our readership, so I won't, except the commas that you already see. Yesterday : we were obviously tired last night as we at e writing t his over s unday breakfast : Jill is eating - probably- …
New Zealand Food yea
... take us to a show about/involving dwarfs. An hour's drive past the lovely lake at Kunming. What an unusual/weird experience.
The place was built like a fantasy land, with dwarfs running everything. Eventually the show started with introductions. Then some songs, and dance routines which lacked any real flair in the choreography dept! During the show there was a trolley with flowers (probably plastic) which people paid for ...
Shoes and shrines: looking southward from Kunming
... main shopping square – crammed with Western-brand clothing stores housed in high-rise, glitzy shopping malls – led to a much needed respite from the failures of shoe shopping. After happily grazing through the free samples on offer at an up-scale supermarket, we sought out some new trousers for Helen, whose current options were limited to a) holey or b) ragged. She twirled in her new purchase with child-like glee, relishing this rare moment of feeling refreshed, renewed ...
Hump in Kunming
... meant I would be spending the night on the top bunk, over 2 meters from the floor, which proved interesting as I got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night in the dark.
Looking at how well the trains are run, I begin to think how much British rail could learn from the Chinese, particularly when I look at the dinning cart and food service. Instead of a soggy out of date sandwich and bitter ...
Chapter Two of the Holiday
... my grade 11 students, Sarah. Very sweet of her to call out to me. We said a quick hello and carried on. Quite amazing when you think I had roughly 100 students first semester and although we were at a popular tourist spot, there were a zillion people there and we had driven a few hours to get there after a 3 hour plus flight from Suzhou!
Our time in Kunming is now drawing to a close. The sun is setting, the laundry we left out today has dried, the ...