Blogs from Jinghong, Yunnan, China, Asia - page 6

Hi again all... Well Im now about 6hrs closer to the Lao border and now traveling the great city of Jinghong.... Its amazing that this place is part of China... Its warm and there's jungle all around... Me and the Korean girls Lee JIN and Nara got into a taxi and went to the guest house callled Wanli Dai Style Guesthouse... Now this place is very basic... With only three beds in the room and that was about it but for 20Y a night it was the cheapest place that I ever stayed... After we got settled in we went next door to a place called Mei Mei Cafe... They make one mean breakfast and this place is always full... During breakfast I met two American girls named Clare and Lily... We were talking for a ... read more

After the two cups of coffee at Mei Mei cafe that woke me up out of my 3 hours-of-bus-sleep haze, we talked to the cafe owner who gave us a rough sketch of a trek throughout Xishuangbanna that included 4 days of all-day hiking and sleeping in small remote minority villages, to make our way around the region. Jinhong was warm with palm trees and new sights, but we were anxios to see the countryside. After a delicious Thai lunch I fuond a local haircut store to get my new do evened out - the stylist asked if I had done it myself, then declared it was a horrible cut and that he also did not like Kunming. We loaded our small daypacks with water and food and hopped on a bus as the sun was ... read more

oh, heute war ich schon richtig fleissig. Bin knappe 30 km am Mekong entlang gefahren, Richtung Ganlanba. Teilweise wars ziemlich bergig, und die hupenden Lastwagenfahrer haben mich manchmal ziemlich knapp ueberholt und mich erschreckt. Aber trotzdem wars eine schoene Radltour. In Ganlanba ist der Dai- Garten, in dem es 5 Dai Doerfer gibt die alle ueber 1000 Jahre alt sind. Im April findet hier das beruehmte Water-Splashing Festival statt, bei dem man von vielen jungen, sehr huebschen Dai Maedchen mit Wasser angespritzt wird. Das soll Glueck bringen... Heutzutage findet dieses Festival jeden Tag statt, weil die Chinesen ja jetzt auch richtig Urlaub machen koennen, und deswegen das ganze Jahr ueber viel los ist. Irgendwie komisch, aber das ist typisch chinesisch. Egal was fuer eine Geschichte dahintersteckt, schreibt man sie halt einfach um... Zurueck bin ich dann ... read more