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Published: December 1st 2006
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Current mood: Better to be in the Warm again!
Ooooooooh how warm is Kunming compared to Zhongdian!!!????? oh my god let me tell you the answer is alot moooooooooooooohahahahaha!!!
So the bus down to Kunming was a new experience to say the least!!! well it was my lucky number ay?!?! the beds are a little short but to be fair we must remember i am in china where the people are 'Wee' and the beds will obviously match up to size!
10 hours later im in Kunming, but wait........ this isnt the same bus station i was in before!! Where the piss am i?? ahh christ my first trip alone and im lost hahahaha! Well all loaded up i begin to walk the streets where i see a row of bus stops to my absolute delight!! Over i bole, across the very busy roads of i hope Kunming (the driver assured me) to the little Fantastic Bus stop islands!! Feeeeeeeeeeeew it is Kunming...... ( a bus pulls up at the stop With 'Kunming' splashed across the side)
hahahah my heart stops racing and i jump aboard, put my hand in my pocket to pull from it a
trusty yuan to find i have no change and the note in my pocket was a '20'!! ahhhh shite!!!! Many thanks to the fellow driving though, as i turned in shame to walk off the bus and hunt a store down to break change he shouted to me in perfect chinese........ It doesnt matter sonny of course you can ride for free on my bus for as far as you need to go!!!! Well thank you i said in Perfect Brummy!!!
Well a free Bus ride into town....... i jump off out side the Embassy and run in to get my Visa.... from here its plane sailing so i jumped the number 3 and i was back to the Hump in a Jiffy!!!
To my Pleasure the pretty little Lady that works the Early mornings in the Hump remembered me and had my keys on the counter before i walked across the Lobby!!! I do like this Hostel!
Checked in and showered i head to the comps and then out to the street to see whats to do in Kunming as last time i was a little boring with my reasons for being here!!
Kunming is
a funny place............... its busy with the character of a village where everybody seems to be smiling and saying hello to you (even when they arn't trying to sell you things!!!!)
After running around for a few hours i shot back to the hump to see what was going on as this was my second friday night in this area!!!! So quickly i got talking with a guy called Dan who was a top lad!! we ended up getting pissed that night with two Finish guys...... Patricia and the other mad one hahahah (sorry dude forgot your name) but never the less they were a good laugh!! we all fell asleep in the communual area on the cushions but this is cool in a place like the Hump!!!
So i woke up around 4am and stumbled to bed with the Finish chaps and chapesses and left Dan on the Cushions hahaha!! (think he was woke up around 9 by new customers!!!)
The next morning i didnt do alot!! my plan for Saturday 25th was to pack and get to the border!!! So the day went by slowly and at 6 i shot out after my lovely Banana
Pancakes to the station where i had another great bit of fun with a cheaky bloke trying to scam my Brummy arse!!! not this evening sonny!!!
Basicly i walked around in search of my bus all heavily loaded with baggage!!! These guys prey on this!!!! The Bus from Kunming to Hekao ( on the Border) appears so i walk up to offload my stuff and get on to my new bed for the night!! Well there is this little sweet lady who is sitting there with a reciept book and this piss ant Chinese English speaking Goon who approaches me and says.....' you have Baggage????? (stating the obvious here ay i thought hahaha ok) 'Yes' i replied 'your an observant one arn't you?!?!?!'..............He returns' You Pay me 20yuan for petrol....... you know chinese petrol???? all chinese people pay this you must pay also!' (right dude your pissing me off here im thinking) 'Im not paying you anything mate dont be so silly would you kindly open the luggage compartment so i can continue with my trip please?????!!!! (honestly i was that polite hehahahaha )............... ' you no pay you go..... you leave my bus and go away........ and go
get the police you call me a liar!!!' he said!!
hahahaha i thought ive got you here son shine........ and as i turn there is this copper walking past me so gently i grab this chap and pull him towards me and say...... 'ok buddy your playing me for an idiot....... lets go and talk with this police man here!!!!' ...... 'No' He replies... you pay 10yuan are you a student????? ' no im not a student i replied and your still not having my money lets go and see the police man!!!' after he got all the way down to 1 yuan he gave up and with fear of being caught ripping customers off (as i now had the attention of the copper) he said im the boss of this bus......... you are allowed to travel for free as a gift from me to you hahahah ok ok ok nice nice thank you kindly!!! i then stood there to alert others before they got on that there is actually no fee!!! the cheeky bleeder!!
So all pissed off that we had rumbled him i get on the bus to Meet a swedish girl called Izabel!! We spoke
and aranged to head to Sapa together!!!! for now though i must sleep as this bus ride could be fun and bumpy!!!
Love from a Brummy
Niki
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sounds like you're having a great time, i'm, really pleased for you. Take Care, love Tracy aka Sahar's mommy x x