Blogs from Kunming, Yunnan, China, Asia - page 30

I was just looking for a restaurant from the Lonely Planet but I didn't find the first one I was looking for so I went to the second one and on the way I found a great looking Korean restaurant, but of course every good thing comes with its' bad. When I was eating there was a really loud little girl behind me, her parents just ignored her. She made me think of how I know her parents and Cam and I are different. Cam doesn't let me speak loudly or draw attention to us so I know that he would never let our child be like this. I think Cam and I would be great parents. On another note, today it rained a lot, unfortunately I think this is the rainy season. The very first ... read more

www.diariodeunviaje.com (todo en nuestra pagina web) KUNMING (20-22/8) El bus litera llega a Kunming a las 7:00h. Es la capital de la provincia de Yunnan. Esta a 1.890m de altitud y tiene alrededor de 1 millon de habitantes. Cogemos el bus 64 (1¥) frente a la estacion sur de tren y autobus, despues de comprar el billete de autobus hasta Hekou, el pueblo fronterizo con Vietnam, puesto que el trayecto en tren hasta alli esta cortado actualmente. Despues de 5 paradas, el bus te deja al lado del Cloudland Youth Hostel, donde nos alojamos en dorm de 6 por 30¥/p (muy recomendable). Estos 3 dias en Kunming los hemos dedicado a descansar, relajarnos y planificar los siguientes destinos del viaje, porque la ciudad en si no tiene gran cosa que ver. Fuimos a cenar a los ... read more

So today was travel day. We got up around 6ish this morning, checked out of our sketchy room in Huangshan and hopped on a bus bound for Hangzhou. For those of you that are interested, don't do what we did...we went in a circle from Hangzhou to Shanghai to Huangshan and back to Hangzhou. But hey, I was in 4H - learn to do by doing right? Anyway, we took a 4hr bus ride to Hangzhou which as ok (albeit some typically expected crazy highway driving and nice scenery). When we got into Hangzhou around 1130 we hopped into a place to eat. We got my staple white radish and pork (?) suprise soup along with some bok choy-esque dish for a whopping total of 13rmb (about 2CDN). After the bad service and questionable washing of ... read more

Vi var oppe kl. 5.30 for at kunne spise morgenmad og checke ud inden afhentning kl. 6.30. Som de foregående dage var morgenmaden utroligt ringe af et 5-stjernet hotel at være, men vi havde jo klaret det de foregående dage og desuden havde vi kun betalt for et ophold på et 4-stjernet hotel og det passede bedre til niveauet for morgenmaden. I lufthavnen i Dali havde vi et mindre intermezzo med nogle "Beamter-agtige" kinesiske sikkerhedskontrol-folk. Balladen handlede om, nogle små magnetiske bønner, som giver en klapperslange-agtig lyd, når de kastes op i luften. Alle kinesiske børn har dem og man kan næppe seriøst påstå at de udgør en fare for flysikkerheden overhovedet. Ikke desto mindre har vi belært af tidligere sikkerhedskontroller konsekvent pakket dem i den indcheckede bagage. Nogle flinke sikkerhedsfolk i Chongquing fandt dem ... read more

After teaching for 4 months and extending my contract with my school in Simao, it was time to have a long deserved holiday for 2 months. The plan was to travel most of the southern provinces of China beginning in the capital of my province, Kunming. I took a 8 hour bus journey with Jess (a Gapper from the Sichuan province who was also traveling) after the 8 hour bus journey we arrived in Kunming at around 6:00pm and then decided to walk to the hostel, where I had frequently stayed before called the Hump. Once we arrived we had a western meal of pasta as a reward for the journey and also ran into some other Gappers. Didn't have a late night and ended up in bed by about 10:00pm. The next day we met ... read more