Vi ankom til Jinghong kl. 19 efter en noget kedelig dag. Vi satte straks afsted mod et af de LP anbefalede hostels, men efter et par ture op og ned af gaden, hvor det angiveligt skulle ligge, fik vi at vide at det var revet ned. Tough luck, men der stod tilfaeldigvis en kineser paa den anden side af gaden og raabte ad os, og det var heldigvis ik...

Once we arrived to Jinghong we went to the first hotel we found. I really wanted a proper toilet, as i was in that time of the month. It took us a while to make ourselves understood, but in the end we got a double room in a hotel that seemed to be full of chinese soldiers. WE walked around and found a place to have a breakfast, we had a couple o...

Lever tres tot pour etre prets a 8h : depart avec une guide pour le marche du dimanche de Menghun, a 1 heure de Jinghong. Le marche est tres dense et actif, on y retrouve des gens de toutes les ethnies du coin, qui descendent de leurs montagnes chaque semaine. Le village est Dai, mais on trouve aussi des Hani, des Bulang, des Lahu... toutes les ...

Reveil dans notre hotel bizarre pour touristes chinois, le Jingdyong Fandiyan. Nous partons ce matin, comme hier soir, manger au Mei Mei Cafe, dont la gerante parle bien anglais. Nous louons des velos, et partons vers le sud. On se retrouve rapidement dans des villages Dai, avec leurs maisons en bois surelevees typiques, plein de poules partout,...

Apres un buffet de ptit dej mi-chinois, mi-l'idee-que-les-chinois-se-font-de-ce -qui-est-occidental (donc assez etrange) au Camellia, nous partons au Nord-ouest de la ville voir le parc de Cuihu. Plusieurs passants nous indiquent spontanement le chemin, et dans le bus un monsieur tres gentil descend avec nous au bon arret et nous conduit jusau'a...

Left Kunming at 17.00 by sleeper bus and we are on our way to Udomxai (Laos)

* There will be no photos posted for this entry Wednesday, 15th February 2006 Sometime in the morning we pulled into the eatery we had stopped in on the way to Jinghong. No one at all ventured near the stalls. Yep, another happy bus trip. We made it to Kunming at mid day. Everyone happily yet shakenly collected their luggage and left the bus sta...

* There will be no photos posted for this entry. My LAST REMAINING memory card was full and I was not taking it anywhere near a photo shop! Apologies to you all. Monday, 13th February 2006 Today in China is the Spring Festival Closure. A festival known as The Lantern Festival is held. People do all kinds of wonderful things like make little boat...

Hey Hey and a Big G'Day to you Thursday, 9th February 2006 Today was a great day. It was a day spent on a bike by myself riding as fast as I wanted and as far as I needed. After devouring Mei Mei's 'special breakfast' (as usual) I hired a bike and headed across the old bridge and to a dirt road Judy and I had found that lead up into the hills. ...

Tuesday, 7th February 2006 G'Day and a Big G'Day to you Another beautiful day spent in paradise. As usual we headed across to Mei Mei's. Spent some time doing our best to play Chess with some rather strange and identical pieces. What happened to the real pieces is anyone's guess. In the end I won and it was then time to complete the Memory Stic...