<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 9 August: Xizhou Village We woke up early, ready to go on our cycling tour. We headed down to reception where we asked where we could store our bags, since we would be gone for two days, before returning. (We had organized it yesterday with a woman that could speak a bit of english). They showed us a spot behind the reception counter, next to the computer where they sat. Not really ha...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 8 August: Dali We had planned to leave early and the alarm had been set for 06h00, but for some or other reason neither Leanne nor myself could get much sleep. There was no noise to blame nor inquisitive neighbors, still we would fall asleep only to wake up a little later, this happened repeatedly during the night. By 06h00, we decided to sleep in a little longer, we woke at 07h30 and...

<!-- @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...