<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 7 August: Jizu Shan We slept a little late, but not late enough, up at 09h30, we finished up while I tried to explain to the lady that the men the previous evening had played extremely loudly making it difficult for us to sleep. It was easier than I thought it would be, but I was unsure whether she meant I should chase them away or she would tell them, oh well I'm sure well find out. W...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 6 August: Jizu Shan We were woken up by the bus driver just after 06h00, shouting as he went through the bus. Between when we fell asleep 24h00/01h00 and when we awoke at 06h00, I don't think I had more than 4 hours sleep, Leanne was much the same, but she may have had 5. We jumped up and followed all the other passengers out while getting our bags outside - no cut marks no break-ins!...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 5 August: Kunming We were up by 07h30, off to breakfast at the same little restaurant we had been introduced to by Wong. Breakfast was a spicy type of noodle, both Leanne and I opted for it. After breakfast we headed to the train station, passing a tea shop on the way with tea in the shape of pumpkins stacked on top of one another. We needed to purchase tickets to Dali, we had read tha...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 4 August: Kunming We had decided last night to sleep a little late after the previous days travels. Wong came to our room exactly on time, we headed out, Wong talked to the receptionist to ensure we could stay another night. He also told us he's found someone that could give a reason for the 'no foreigner' rule - there had been riots in the country a few weeks earlier and the governme...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 3 August: Kunming, China We were up early, sharing the remains of the watermelon and a cup of coffee between the two of us. Finished and bags in the foyer we waited for the mini van to collect us. It was already 07h00 and we wanted to get to the boarder as soon as possible to catch the first bus destined for Kunming, which was leaving at 09h45. The receptionist had called a mini van ea...