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Chiang Khong
It was a surprise when the mini van collecting us for our trip to the border crossing turned up early!! We bundled on and were ready for the four hour ride to the Thailand border. There was a stop on the way for lunch (some tasty chicken rice) and another stop at the White Temple. What a sight - simply marvelous! There was also a wishing well there …
Markets and gardens
... to exchange my Rough Guide to South West China for a copy of the Lonely Planet Guide for Laos.
Jinghong was a pleasant if unremarkable riverside town. Its main avenues were shaded by palm trees and there were gardens, parks and lakes to visit. With borders close by with Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Thailand Jinghong was a melting pot of Asian nationalities. Most signs were written in the Lao language as well as in Chinese and there were Burmese jewellery ...
Jinghong teetering on the border
... our first few days in Laos, the supermarket was disappointingly expensive, but just past the checkout tills, we were beckoned inside a tea shop. The usual tea tasting routine that we had grown to love unveiled itself again, but this time with samples of delicate but delicious nibbles and cakes designed specifically for eating with tea. Needless to say, we felt it would be rude to refuse their offers, and grazed through what felt like half their stock, before ...
From Jinghong to Kunming
... eating and pointed at a bowl of soup and held up two fingers to indicate that we each wanted one. I also pointed at a bottle of beer on the menu and was soon brought another large bottle of a local weak beer. They immediately brought us two small plastic cups with water, which we assumed was safe to drink before bringing out two servings of noodle soup with chunks of mystery meat in it. It was actually very good and the bill came to 24 Yuan, 8 Yuan each for the ...
China: Part II
... gens dansent le soir, et aussi des 'machines’ de fitness qui sont très sollicités.
Ahh, China: the street food, the staring, the lack of Westerners… As mentioned previously, we got a bus to China. The road was in a good state on the Lao side, but was still a mountain road and went up and down and round. This wasn’t an issue on the Chinese side: they just build loads of bridges and tunnels so the road is pretty ...
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“ Dirty ”
Reviewed Oct 30, 2012
Dirty place don't stay here
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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