Arrived in Kunming a couple of days ago and stayed at a place called 'The Hump' - named after the 1946 airlift of supplies from India to China over the Himalayas by the US Airforce. When we went to our room we found free earplugs! Turns out the rooms were in the middle of a bar and nightclub area. They assured us it would be quiet after 2.00am!
We lasted the night and moved out to Cloudlands Youth Hostel. They were full but we found a really nice hotel across the road and have been able to use restaurant and internet facilities at Cloudlands.
Kunming is the capital city of Yunnan Province with a population of four million. Most Chinese live in high rise appartments and most of the old ones have been pulled down and replaced with modern dwellings. There is so much construction under way in all of the country we have seen - buildings, roads, bridges and viaducts. China is so much more modern than we envisaged.
Arrived in Kunming on the weekend of International Children's Day so there were lots of activities around the city. There is a central plaza and lots of pedestrian streets and they were full on the weekend- full of locals, Chinese tourists, food vendors, musicians, kite flyers etc. - it was wonderful. The city has a fabulous bus system. The buses come along every few minutes and you can travel anywhere in the network for one yuan( about 20 cents ).
Have met lots of other travellers here at Cloudlands and will leave with lots of recommendations of places to stay etc. as we move on to Dali City, Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge.
We lasted the night and moved out to Cloudlands Youth Hostel. They were full but we found a really nice hotel across the road and have been able to use restaurant and internet facilities at Cloudlands.
Kunming is the capital city of Yunnan Province with a population of four million. Most Chinese live in high rise appartments and most of the old ones have been pulled down and replaced with modern dwellings. There is so much construction under way in all of the country we have seen - buildings, roads, bridges and viaducts. China is so much more modern than we envisaged.Arrived in Kunming on the weekend of International Children's Day so there were lots of activities around the city. There is a central plaza and lots of pedestrian streets and they were full on the weekend- full of locals, Chinese tourists, food vendors, musicians, kite flyers etc. - it was wonderful. The city has a fabulous bus system. The buses come along every few minutes and you can travel anywhere in the network for one yuan( about 20 cents ).
Have met lots of other travellers here at Cloudlands and will leave with lots of recommendations of places to stay etc. as we move on to Dali City, Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Kerri, look what we found!
