Day 37 27 May 2013 Kunming, China I need to relax and finish my blog. I had set out to keep a daily record and I need to stick to it. If I don't stop and catch up now I will only fall further behind. I found a comfortable place in one of the lounges and started at 9 am and now at 3 pm I am finally up-to-date. Pictures need to be given a name in the web blog otherwise they won’t upload. Tedious work, but will pay off in the end. This place has a nice res...

Day 37 27 May 2013 Kunming, China I need to relax and finish my blog. I had set out to keep a daily record and need to stick to it. If I don't stop and catch up I now I will only fall further behind. I found a comfortable place and started at 9 am and now at 3 pm I am finally up-to-date. Pictures need to be given a name otherwise they won’t upload. Tedious work,but will pay off in the end. The place has a nice restaurant and relaxation area where breakf...

Day 35 25 May 2013 Sapa to Kunming,China Although I have extensive travel experience my next step greets me with some apprehension and a degree of doubt as to how I am going to handle things on my own. At this time I miss a person with me who I can talk to and discuss my options, if any. The demons I am facing is like standing in front of a hill where you can see the top but to get there you need to go uphill with a heavy backpack. However I have learned that ...

Day 34 24 May 2013 Sapa The bus trip was comfortable and I slept fairly well. After a stop in Lao Cai one of the guys next to me wanted to get off but I had already spotted the parking area where I had been before. He checked his phone map and said that we were right on the Chinese border. Right I said so you can choose to continue sleeping as we still are 33 km from Sapa and that will take at least 45 minutes as it will be slow going up the mountain pass. We ...