With the loss of the truck we booked ourselves on a 19 hour sleeper train to Kunming. 66 people to a carriage and 6 to a cubicle and 3 tiered bunks and many a pot noodle and chicken foot hanging around, it certainly was an experience! Despite the bunks most definitely been made for the tiny Chinese is was a surprisingly comfy nights sleep as we headed towards Yunnan province and the city of Kunming.
Kunming was just a bog standard Chinese city where the local guide listed the attraction as a massive Walmart! It was only when we went out for dinner in the evening that I discovered the huge shopping centre that I missed whilst on my afternoon wander.
We headed to Jinghong on an intercity coach with very comfy wide seats. The scenery gradually changed getting more tropical looking and monsoon showers as we headed south. Jinghong was a great city where we ate on the banks of the Mekong river, had an unsuccessful attempt at finding a night club. It was also the home of pineapple rice (mashed pineapple with rice served in a pineapple)- yum, and a dish which was literally a plate of frozen sugar snap peas which was very random!
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