Still here, I've lost track of how many days we've been here now amd that's because we've done absolutely nothing for the past few days. No, actually, I tell a lie, we've been out...and bought more DVDs. Other than that we've spent hours on the slot machines in the local arcade/ hours scouring the local shops/ hours watching dvds/playing table football/pool/ table tennis/ poker and drinking beer. It's almost like being a student again! Well, we're...

We're still in Kunming...but where else would we be? Yesterday was a great day. We hired out bicycles (which turned out to be an experience in itself...lets just say a red light seems to have a whole different meaning over here) we ventured to a really nice little park on the outskirts of town and then visited Kunming zoo, which was really nice as zoos go. I got to sit on a camel and had my photograph taken with a seal, a giraffe and a 'herd' of deer. Really...

So we're in Kunming...and we're also stuck in Kunming for the next seven days. Joy. We arrived here yesterday, hoping to head to Chengdu in the next few days. No such luck. all the trains are booked out til the 8th, meaning it would be too late to get to Bejing for our flight on the 14th.... So we tried to book a train ticket to Bejing, but they're all full til the 11th, meaning we wouldn't get into Bejing til the 13th and there would be no time for great wa...