Kunming Jin Jiang Hotel

A report from Global Times:<br>Aliens are living in Yunnan, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to a professor of physics at Yunnan University.<br>"The complicated terrain of these places makes them perfect for<br>observation of us earthlings," said Zhang Yifang, director of the<br>Kunming UFO Research Association.<br>The Yunnan capital city accounts for one-tenth of all sightings in<br>the province &#8211; more than 400 since 1972 when a large ...

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... br><br>Then it was off to get some food, I chose secret beef noodle, I can tell you that ir wanst that sectret...it was beef noodles! On our way back out of the park we saw a man poacking fish from one of the lakes and then hiding them in a bush, this confused several passers by who saw me and xi looking and the shaking bush and asked what was in there, when xi told them ...

... are no local coffee organizations to foster a better understanding of the coffee and to set industry standards. In addition, there was a time when China's coffee deserved its less-than-stellar reputation; but like all bad raps, this one has been difficult for the country to shake, even as the coffee has begun to improve. "Chinese coffee is often considered to be a low-quality product and, in many cases, it is confused with Vietnamese coffee, but this is a ...

... is in India, but alas, the roads are far superior! My first fleecing happened as some station dude convinced me to pay him 10RMB per kilo gas charge for my luggage (I later found out this is complete BS). Thankfully, I only had my small backpack and left Big Bertha in the Hump Hostel since I would come back through Kunming! Onwards and upwards... My time in Lijiang would also allow me to go for a strenuous hike through the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Man was it beautiful. 0

So, no majorly dramatic news to report from the last week or so. It seems that I have spent most of my time studying which doesn't really make for a particularly exciting story. Instead though, I'll let you have a few of my impressions about various aspects of Chinese life. Unfortunately, in a land where the entire population spits the contents of their lungs on the street on a regular basis, smokes constantly, and lives in a somewhat less than ...

... a banjo kid of an instrument, other people just relaxing and enjoying the sunny day. There was ALSO a little amusement park attached with fun rides..This was quite unlike any zoo I had seen before!! While I was at the zoo, my flip flops eventually broke..i tried to be as careful as possible, but the cobblestones just seemed to grab the toe part and not let it move, so one ripped..So there i was, girl with icredbly different and crazy hair ...

... known as Stone Forest, a wonderful place, full of karstic formations (and people). It was, milions of years ago, placed under the sea, and you can still see the water level, in a horizontal line on many different rocks. Chinese people give those rocks different names, according to what their imagination seems to deal with: "The general", "Bird feeding"... It is quite true that our imagination must be different, because we cannot see any ...