An easy flight from Melbourne to smoggy Guangzhou...a two hour layover , then onto Kunming. China Air was great, good value, healthy Asian food and beautiful hostesses ofcourse. Order is everywhere with glossy airports at Kunming too modern and gleaming. Exploring the city alleyways was fun with a mix of old and new China intermingled. Cheap eats, boutiques and expensive restaurants beside each other. The women are well dressed and petite.
The parks are the social centre with Chinese playing cards,exercising singing or dancing in the evenings. I was asked to dance by a local much to my delight and Neil's amusement.
Our hostel is cosy with more young Chinese travellers than foreigners. The colourful lime green bathroom caringly warns 'The pipe is long, after turning water on, leave cloth on so you do not catch cold' !
Our Mandarin is limited to hello, Good bye, thankyou and how much is that? Hope to improve on the vocabulary.
Planning a visit to the world heritage Stone Forest tomorrow, out of Kunming.
