To Market to Market … Part 1 I didn’t find the fat pigs for sale, but I did eventually see one small one being carried off in a cane basket. Unfortunately it happened too fast for me to record it. I visited about half a dozen markets in Jinghong and the surrounding villages. All were […]
A Wobble or Two and a Good Day for Water Vendors Yesterday I decided to explore some of the parks which are located down the other end of town. After walking the streets for two days one of my feet was objecting so after spying some bikes under the hostel stairs I decided to brave […]
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 […]