With the excitement that comes from visiting a large city comes eveything else as well - smog, beeping horns, and absolutely no road rules what so ever. Which begs the question why there are traffic lights, lane ways, and pedestrian crossings because nobody takes any notice of them anyway. It adds to the experience however. The car horn would probably be the single most important thing in Kunming because without it everyone would have been runover and there would be nobody to speak of anyway.
An far as the city goes, it's absolutely great. I walked to the Flower and Bird market today and it was conspicously void of either of these, and were replaced with numerous food stands and one selling turtles. I think I might get one when I return. I also took a walk along the river that divides the city, and I witnessed a public fashion show where wedding gowns were modelled. Unfortunately they got the english spelling wrong and instead of saying Will You Marry Me, it said Will you Merry Me. Oh well they tried. I took a picture of it and displyed it on the site - that is if it eventually uploades, I'm having tecnical dificulties at the moment.
So all in all, it's been a bit of a whirlwid so far - and fun. Met some pretty cool people, but they left. I'm beginning to understand that everyone has places to go and countries to return to, so making quick friends is easy, but they don't stay long.
Anyway - until next time...
