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Markets and gardens
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At night we found our way to our friends’ “Mekong Café”. The food was excellent. Keith had beef bourguignon and I had Dai lemon fish. The Dai are the local tribe in this area and the fish, fresh from the river and cooked with a finely chopped mix of herbs and salad, was spicy and delicious. Afterwards we chatted with the Frenchman for a while who told us some more about his life which started in Senegal, Cameroon and Gabon in the ...
Jinghong teetering on the border
... language menu was immediately thrust into our hands. The prices looked reasonable, but higher than we were used to. A glass cabinet to one side of us had a Chinese-language menu taped to it, which advertised cheaper dishes, and – much to the surprise of the staff – we insisted on ordering from the latter menu. And surprise changed to disbelief when we told the waitress that we were not interested in ordering beers, ice cream or a smoothie.
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From Jinghong to Kunming
... provided hot water for the shower and sink. Although there was no TV or fridge in the room, there was a kettle and mugs for us to make our own coffee in the morning. Overall this was one of the best deals for a room of our trip thus far.
I purchased a Kingstar beer (6 Yuan) from the hostel reception and made short work of it once in our room. The bottle was a little smaller than the large beers in the rest of Asia (550 mls) and was much lighter on ...
China: Part II
... du monde : 160km!).
Jinghong est la plus grande ville du Sud de la province du Yunnan. C’est un mélange entre la Chine et l’Asie du sud-est et est appréciée par les touristes chinois puisqu’il fait chaud toute l’année. La moitié des 50 minorités se trouvent dans cette province. La minorité principale de la région de Jinghong sont les Dai, très proches des Laos, des Thais et des Birmans. Ils ont leur propre alphabet qui ressemble à ...
Southwest China to Southeast USA
... Chinese men noticed my reaction and mocked me. " Oh, you think that's disgusting." Is disgusting to foreigner?
"Yes. I think it is cruel and very disgusting." I answered. They laughed at me as I walked away.
Still seeking heat, I boarded a plane south to Xishuangbanna which is little more than a stones throw from Burma and Lao. What I didn't expect was that hundreds of other tourists would be there. Duh.
Accordingly, the hotel prices were hiked up 6x ...