After two days of relaxing in Chang Mai, we have caught a plane to Kumning China. What a culture shock it has been! Arriving via plan we saw some of the country side, which was all divided into lots, with blocks of high rise building right next to them. At that stage it dawned on Matt and I that this was going to be quite different to anything that we have experience before.
Customs was efficent, thought the health questionairre a little personal, “Have you experienced any symptoms of HIV? or pyschosis?”. A the airport we discoverd that there was no currancy exchange or ATM which we were banking on, as we were unable to buy Chinese Yuan in Thailand. This left us in a bit of an awkward postition, with 30+ taxi drivers trying to secure our business, rain+++ and no money (only USD). We finally negotiated (with no English) a trip in a private vehicle to a hotel of our choice for USD4. We got caught in peak hour traffic, in what we were expecting to be a country town (3 million people), whe
Hi from the family, Great to hear from you. Murray spent the night here and a cycled into the city. The old fella lead the pack and we clocked over 50 kms. Murray died but young Jem just chatted on and on and on and on. Cisco says woofffff and is sleeping outside in his kennel after a few snacks from lunch. See ya love D
Well Gidday!
Sounds like an adventure alright!!!
Glad to hear you are both well. We are fine, although poor little Shey has been sick with a virus.
Wheres the photos? Didn’t u upload photos lastime? Anyway, luv ya, miss ya, see ya soon!
Mik