Kunming City Report

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Day13

Kunming City

Lu Bao Hua (Michael), our local guide has been bitten by the cycling bug so Jeff and myself went with him to visit a couple of bike shops in Kunming. You would not believe it but there are hardly any bike shops to choose from, maybe four or five in a city of 6000 people. The first shop had mostly hybrids and blunderbusses and only one with drop handlebars. The second shop was a GIANT retailer and had mostly hybrids and Mountain Bikes and quite a few with drops. However, they were for small Chinese riders and Michael is a 6' person and we struggled to find him one. The gears were also rather high for what he wanted so changes needed to be made. The staff were apathetic at best and did not deserve any business. The attitude was more or less “take it or leave it”, -pathetic. We left without one and I made him a list of what he needed and he will have to buy later. I now believe he did not buy a bike today because he told me he would stop smoking when he bought his bike. I think he is playing for more time. After a good meal at the Jinjiang Hotel we went to the Dynamic Yunnan show which is nothing short of incredible with great choreography, sound system with amazing effects. The highlight of the show for me was the lady doing a dance in silhouette in front of a moon and later doing the Peacock Dance - stunning. A great way to finish a tour. Good news about Roger, at last. He was taken from Lijiang in 14 hrs in an Iveco truck in great pain and was then flown by RAF jet to Bangkok where he has had more X rays and scans and is now due to have 2 pins in his collarbone and 3 in his hip and repair to his ligaments. A seven hour Operation. He will spend two days in ICU before 8-10 days R & R before being flown home.

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Photos

Golden Temple
North Kunming

Gods
Golden Temple Kunming