Blogs from Kunming, Yunnan, China, Asia - page 4

Estou quase a chegar a Shangai, a casa do meu mano!Devemos levar a mente como uma folha em branco. Mas isto nunca acontece, ha preconceito. Surpreendo-me quando os chineses num autocarro me pagam a viagem ate ao hostel, sao simpaticos e quando podem ajudam nas indicacoes na rua. Fui, eu e um sueco, jogar uma partida de basquete com um senhor que nos ajudou na rua. O pessoal no hostel e super delicado e trabalhador.Kunming, motas electricas e bicicletas, toda a cidade (e o que vi do pais...sera toda a China?) parece um estaleiro de construccao. Sente-se a atmosfera de crescimento, de optimismo, de abertura.Procuro os sinais de vermelhidao, do comunismo...mas isto parece mais cor-de rosa.------Viajo para Dali no comboio com as familias e jovens chineses. Amanha para Shangrila, em busca de um pedacinho do Tibete ... read more

Geo: 25.05, 102.7Note to self: if chinese people fussing over your baby and telling you are doing everything wrong are driving you crazy, do not confine yourself in a train carriage with them for 18hrs! Isaac had a great time whereas I wanted to throw everybody out of the window! Funnily nobody told us Isaac wasn't wearing enough despite the effective air conditioning that made it significantly colder than anywhere else we'd been! This time, we were just terrible parents for taking him on a train with air conditioning! Admittedly we did have top bunk tickets (no others left) that weren't ideal but nobody seemed concerned enough to actually offer up their bottom bunk - not very reminiscent of the China I knew and loved. The carriage was full of the loud harsh voices of an ... read more

Here with pics that I took in the evening of 21th Feb. 2012. When I was in the flight from Kunming to Shenzhen. The sky looks very dirty after taking off a few minutes. Is it air pollution or just weather problem?？？ It looks serious if it’s air pollution. The atmosphere looks poisoning by brown wasters. We have lots of problems of environments those years. And weather is not as regular as before. Those pics are without any photoshop processing. I took with my Canon 550D+ 17-85 scene. Hope it’s just normal weather problem, What consequences will be if it’s real air pollution?... read more

Ok – zugegeben. Bis zum Himalaya sind es noch ein paar Hundert Kilometer – aber das ist in China keine Distanz mehr. Als ich noch in Peking meine Reiseroute für die weiteren Städte in China festgelegt habe, war die erste Priorität: nur noch in warmen Gegenden rumreisen. Da ich während meines Pekingaufenthaltes schon durch Workshops oder Wochenendtrips nach Tianjin, Xian und Shanghai fliegen konnte, waren ein paar Städte im nördlicheren Teil Chinas schon abgedeckt. Deswegen beschloss ich, mich hauptsächlich nur im Süden Chinas zu bewegen. Nachdem mein Plan in Hong Kong mit wunderbar angenehmen Temperaturen aufzugehen schien, wurde ich nach meinem eineinhalb wöchigen Aufenthalt in dieser tollen Stadt bei meiner Weiterreise nach Guilin eines besseren belehrt. Trotz intensiver Recherchearbeit meinten selbst die Hostelmitarbeiter in Guilin, dass es wohl der kälteste Winter seit Jahren sei.... read more

Hello from China, I am currently sitting in the Kunming Airport, Yunnan Province. It is 2:55 am. I am safe and I'm not in trouble. I was super worried when I checked into my flight in Chiangmai. I was unable to printout my itinerary at the hostel, but luckily I had written down my information before I left, because I did not realize that I needed a visa to enter China for ten hours....rookie mistake. But the lady running the Check-in was very nice and she was able to have my itinerary faxed from Eastern China Airlines in Bangkok. I had to promise her that I would never make this mistake again. Trust me. I won't. The main thing is that I'm okay but on the plane I was freaking out! Would I be detained? Would ... read more