We were up early at 6.30am for breakfast on the 23rd floor for a banquet. Chinese breakfast dishes and recipes though simple are as varied as the provinces and cultures in the different parts of china. Chinese breakfast dishes are mostly light yet nourishing and filling . There are steamed buns with meat or vegetable stuffing, with dounai or doujiang soy milk or tea. There was a soup made by fried tofu and cellophane noodles, plain rice porridge or rice congee...

Start of our Wendy Wu Tour - Yunnan & Sichuan Our flight left Tullamarine airport at 0.40 for Hong Kong and arrived at 6.55am. We had a few hours break in Hong Kong before we boarded another plane to Kunming, China arriving at 2.30pm. We had no delays at the airport going through Customs and Immigration. We were met by Daisy from Wendy Wu tours who was our local tour guide. We boarded a bus and drove to our hotel, the Jin Jiang Hotel in Kunming. Not lo...