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Cooling off in Kunming
... that the bus numbers had been thoughtfully painted on the back side of the right side rear view mirrors. When several buses arrive at the same time at a bus stop, they all line up one behind the other. Since these mirrors stick out, passengers can easily view the route numbers from a distance.
The C61 bus that took us to the Bamboo Temple seemed to be privately owned as it kept stopping for several minutes waiting to fill up. It was also being used ...
Seen, Berge, Städte
Kunming hat den Ruf, eine für chinesische Verhältnisse ungewöhnlich ruhige, ja: friedliche Stadt zu sein. Im Süden erstreckt sich der riesige Dianchi, der Diansee, als hellblaue Lache, an dessen Ufer grüne Parks die Einwohner sich der Stadt entfliehen lassen. Lässt man sich selbst, wie ich, an einem Sonntag ...
The Real Kunming
Today Ronnie's mum took Aran and I around Kunming. I have lived here for more than 3 weeks but have never ventured further than a few kilometres from the university grounds, bar a few day trips. Thus, I have never witnessed just how large Kunming really is. We were taken to Chengdong, which houses a huge flower market, as well as the new university district and upper-class housing.
The university district is huge. Each university ...
Back to the modern world
... bigger than it is because now there are gigantic half-completed, vacant hotels throughout the majority of the town. It was very creepy! We found one hotel that was at least partially finished, but I'm pretty sure we were the only guests with the exception of the American guy who also was kicked off the bus with us.
The next morning we walked across the border and immediately noticed the wealth disparity between China and ...
2000m Above Sea Level
... up the laundry while I checked out the internet connection. Unfortunately, our room is too far from the center of the hostel (probably a good thing for noise, now that I think about it) to catch the wireless signal so we have to go to the common room for accessing the internet. Andrew went out for a walk to grab some snacks and beer (here, they want 10 yuan for a beer...psh, got it at the convenience store for 3, thank you very much) while I stayed ...
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