Yanbian Eaewoo Hotel Jilin Yanji

... next day.

18th October ß 9.30am start on our 6 hour trek , we trekked up an down so many bloody mountains, I thought it would never end and I would never make it!!!!. Apart from the agony of going UP with my sad lungs and down with my broken toe (broke just over 2 weeks ago on the train) so not a great experience, but so very worth it as we trekked through the rice terraces ...

... parts I actually understood I managed to learn a fair bit about the area. He was disturbed that I did not want to hike with the family who was also getting a ride in his van. Part of the reason was probably because it meant he would have to make two trips to take us back to the guesthouse, but the other reason was that a female university student went missing in the park after going off hiking by herself. A huge search party was formed to try and find her. It cost a fortune but was ...

... married because I am extremely fond of my current lifestyle, which in retrospect was not very nice of me because the audacity of the notion was enough to make the poor guy almost choke on his plum stone. Many more questions followed which I fended off as well as I could, but I could see I had disturbed him to the core. The train trip was extremely long, hot and uncomfortable.

While on the train a woman came by trying to convince travellers to come to stay at her ...

... so we talked a lot. My bed was on top amidst an entire TRAVEL GROUP that was heading to Yanji to climb Changbai Mountain.They were vey talkative! The scenery got more and more beautiful the furthur north we got. When we approached Yanji, the nice ladies helped me get all of my stuff together and we got off the train! YAY! There was a man from YUST waiting for me. We took a taxi to the University, which was when i learned that the government had ...