Who needs technology?

Saturday 2nd December

Wireless has gone down across Kunming so I am unable to log in at all. Thought it was faulty at the Hump Hostel but when I got to the Cloudland Hostel the same problem there – “we fix by Monday” they say. OK, bang goes my geeky weekend. So, I’ve moved to the Cloundland hostel, more Subtle than The Hump, a good 5 minutes bus ride out of town,but always good to discover a new area. I found a proper local market around the corner which I would not have experienced if I hadn’t have switchd hostels. The hostel is smaller than The Hump, the rooms are new, with pine beds and very comfortable matresses. The girls here are very friendly, and there’a a fridge to put my milk, a girl needs her home comforts occasionally, a traditional english breakfast tea with proper milk. There is also a humongous Walmart, I am now officially scared of Chineese Hypermarkets – three or is that four floors of chineese madness, selling everything from snakes eyeballs in tomato sauce to the kitchen sink in turtle wax. I did however manage to purchase something that hadn’t been previously living – a flask as my current one isn’t keeping the water hot. So, by the time I had navigated my way through Walmart it was the year 2008, how time flys when you are having fun. Back to December 2006…(Walmart were even wishing their customers a very Happy Christmas) This Saturday evening it was one of the guests birthday so the hostel had made cake, we learned how to say “cheers” and “congratulations” in Mandarin, along with an international version of “happy birthday”.

Managed to find an internet cafe to log on and check my next destination. Unfortantly it wont let me log into Flickr which is a shame as I have a bunch of photos I would like to upload.

Off on an 8 day walk soon so no internet access for a while. I then fly to Hong Kong so later…