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Ninth Day: Kunming
... to panic! A challenging hotel, in spite of it being the best in town - seems to have no heart and run by an apparently untrained staff - everything takes forever and then we're never quite sure what will arrive! C & B chose a kids menu fish finger and chips in frustration last night - which wasn't questioned but I noticed a gaggle of staff whispering and pointing from the kitchen! We booked to see the Yunnan national dance display last night, we all felt a little ...
Capital?
... malls close to the huge university area, in the city center and in all the streets in between. Walking, looking, talking (unsuccessfully,at least in strict terms), and obviously eating (uhm..delicious dumplings bought from a extra-fat smiling guy, and extra-spicy potatoes bought in the streets were the seasoning for 4/5 customers was democratically chosen by the first one). Somehow outstanding was the pigeon corner at the animal and flower market with ...
Exploring Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces
... ceremony, which in all the times I've visited Buddhist temples, I've never had the luck to actually witness one. Right inside the temple we found a vegetarian-friendly restaurant, much to my delight.
We decided to take the sleeper train about 8 hours to a town called Lijiang, a place known for its vibrant culture, old customs and....minorities?! In a country where 92% of people are of the Han ethnic group, anyone who ...
Hiking up the Western Hills
... made backtracking quite difficult. We had to go down a path we were unfamiliar with and did end up making several wrong turns. After half an hour, we made it back to the main path and discovered the park was actually closed. Nevertheless the employees of the park allowed us to continue on as it was the only way to exit the park.
Once we reached the area where we purchased our admission tickets, there were people with minivans offering to take us all down the ...
Kunming
Thursday 19th
Where has the last week gone? We're now half way through our holiday and will be home in 2 weeks. Went to see the Stone Forest 120 Km. south and travelled through completely different countryside on the way. More hilly and forested with red soil, lots of industry and agriculture. Very hot day. Spent two hours there and could happily have spent longer but we had to drive back to Kunming. We visited an embroidery ...