There were numerous examples of art and craft in Yunnan. T he following photos show some of them. These embroidered and embellished hats come from the Hani minority and I bought them from an elderly woman in at a market in southern Yunnan. These bags came from the same market and from a cohesive group […]
The Trek Continued My next flight from Shanghai to Sydney was all but full, not a pleasant situation for passengers who want room to stretch out and sleep. I didn’t sleep, but everyone else within eyesight did a good imitation of it. Cabin staff were predominately middle aged and cheerful Aussie men, an unusual demographic […]
The Next Trek Starts After two and a half days, most of which was spent having things which had gone wrong during my absence righted, I started the trek to Australia. All went well with a taxi appearing as soon as I appeared at the school gate, I got a seat in the waiting room […]
Map of China showing departure in Kunming on July 30th with arrival in Xingtai 42 hours later. The train did not stop at my city so I had to double back after cooling my heels in Shijiazhuang for a couple of hours. I even managed to get a soft seat ticket without any dramas which […]
Transporting Babies and Small Children in Yunnan This is done in many ways. Two for one, these two were in Kunming. One is carrying a baby in her arms and the other on her back which is very common in Yunnan. The usual difference is the embroidery or embroidery style on the baby carrier. The […]