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 some noodles.
The Internet service had been pretty poor here in Southwest China. I have a suspicion it is because the censorship system can’t keep up with the load during peak usage times, so they have to cut off service in that case. The censorship is at a high level right now due to the Tibet riots. These brown outs are very annoying though, since you completely use connectivity for 10-60 minutes at a time.