Today I gave another attempt at the Bamboo Temple. The hostel staff said I have to go to a slightly different spot around the corner on the road. But still, I didn’t see any bus waiting. Back at the hostel again, they said the bus doesn’t start there but it passes there. I went back …
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Day 287 – Kunming, China
It is perfect weather here in Kunming. Clear skies and good temperatures. I got up early so I could go to the Bamboo Temple, home to 500 life sized carved sculptures of arhats. However I followed the specific instructions in my guidebook for a bus, but no bus was to be found! Instead, I went …
Day 286 – Lijiang to Kunming, China
I decided to take a daytime bus back to the city of Kunming since the scenery is so good. It didn’t work out that perfectly when I sat down in my assigned seat and noticed my window was nearly fogged over. The bus was completely full too, so I had no choice but sit there. …
Day 285 – Tiger Leaping Gorge, China
I didn’t want to leave Yunnan province without seeing the scenic area of Tiger Leaping Gorge. I went to the bus station and got on a bus to the nearest town. The bus ride was an experience since one has to go over a mountain range in order to get there. So it was up …
Day 284 – Lijiang, China
Today I rented a bicycle with the goal of making it to a village called Baisha. I had my book and a hand drawn map from the hostel, but had so much trouble finding it. There were no signs, the map from the book had no detail, the scale on the hand drawn map was …
Day 283 – Lijiang, China
Today I took another bus, about 3-4 hours away, higher up into the mountains to the city of Lijiang. It is another ancient capital city, like Dali. From the bus station, I read I could take bus 11 to a supermarket to get to the old town area. It was kind of crazy because I …
Day 282 – Dali, China
There is a famous lake next to the city. To gain access to the lake and to take a boat across and back they were asking about $20. It just seems silly considering how many lakes there are back in Michigan. Chinese people go crazy over lakes since there aren’t as many here. The Chinese …
Day 281 – Dali, China
It was on and off rain today, so it was a good day to take the 5 hour bus to Dali. Halfway through the ride, I was surprised when a Chinese girl jumped into the seat next to me and started talking to me. I learned later she wanted to get away from an older …
Day 280 – Kunming, China
I think I got another cold over the past few days. So I spent most of the day at the hostel. However, I did go out when two roommates from NYC and London showed up and asked me if I would like to join them for lunch. So we found a local restaurant and had …
Day 279 – Qujing, China
We started off the day having the local speciality food, which is a flavor of rice noodles. I thought it was good. Then we returned home and watched a movie called KeKeXiLi about Tibet. For lunch, we met the other art student friend again and had the Yunnan Province speciality food, “Across the Bridge Noodles.” …