A Taxi or Two Monday started early in the City of Eternal Spring (Kunming) with a taxi driver who didn’t know the way to the new South Bus Station and ended with in Thailand with one who didn’t know he’d reached my destination. I wasn’t really in Thailand, the closest borders are with Burma and Laos, […]
The “domestic” or chivalry isn’t dead and the shake down Yesterday morning I caught the bus on my way to a temple. The lunch time rush was starting so I got to stand just inside the front doors. I soon heard and saw a very heated discussion between an elderly man who was standing at the […]
I saw a Chinese Doctor On Monday I bought some fruit, nuts and some sort of pumpkin bun at the market. Late this afternoon I returned to buy more fruit. I bought bananas as usual plus some lychees which are pretty delicious. I decided to buy some dumplings from a woman who I’d watched on […]
Kunming I am having great difficulty downloading photographs so I don’t think you are going to see too many. I was tired on Monday and didn’t go out until late afternoon and only for a walk around the block of sorts. There were numerous tiny rooms at the front of buildings holding a couple of […]
Off on a Train Trip My ticket to Kunming in Yunnan was booked and I was fairly well packed. However, news reports constantly emphasised heavy rain, floods and landslides in southern China. The train went through some of the provinces affected and I was unaware if it would be delayed or cancelled. I had no […]