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 […]
Two New Experiences; a Sleeper Bus and a Chinese Dorm I took a sleeper bus from Dali to Kunming on Friday night. There were no sleeper train tickets available so I decided I needed the experience of a sleeper bus. What I had heard of them was OK so I wasn’t concerned. I just forgot […]
The Kindness of Strangers and another Scam I was the only non Chinese speaking foreigner in the 9 seater minivan to Lugu Lake. It was an interminably long trip involving several stops for photos/calls of nature/lunch/tourist opportunities, one of which I wrote about previously. Photo opportunities I understand as I do calls of nature as […]