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| View from lunch |
Today we arrived in Kunming around 11. We got to the hostel and I
immediately showered. I'm pretty sure they never change the sheets on the
overnight trains so I felt disgusting. Even if they do change the sheets the
mixture of smoke and hawking made me feel gross enough.
I felt like a new person after I showered and I finally got to put
on a short sleeve shirt! Done with the long underwear and layers on layers on
layers of clothes.
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| Ice cold beer |
The hostel had a bar area where we sat for little because Henry
wanted to watch the Thunder game. I had a Wofford t-shirt on which immediately
attracted this guy to come sit next to me. He is from SC, works in Hubei
province as a teacher and told me a Wofford grad worked with him there last
year. Small world! Although after just getting off a 17-hour train I really
wasn't up for small talk. I just wanted to get out in the sun and eat!
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| 2 portions |
Before we left we ordered what we thought was ice cream. The lady
asked us both "Yi fen, Laing fen?" I thought she was asking how many
scoops. So I got one and Henry got two. Our ice cream turned out to be shaved ice,
which was delicious, but Henry's "two scoops" turned into two huge
cups of shaved ice. We tried to play it off like we both ordered one but it
didn't work.
Eventually we left and I bought boiled peanuts! BOILED PEANUTS IN
CHINA. Amazing. Made me feel at home.
We walked around the lake some and then decided to go to a
restaurant on the other side of the lake to drink more and eat dinner. Henry
ordered a whole fish, which he ate entirely. And I ordered Kung Pao Chicken and
was thrilled.
To sum up our day in Kunming... We spent the day at the lake eating,
drinking and soaking up the sun. Just what I needed. I am now rejuvenated for
our two-day hike in Tiger Leaping Gorge.
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| View from dinner |
Tomorrow we have a 10-hour bus ride to Lijiang where we will stay
over night and then take a 2-hour bus ride to TLG.
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