Day 35 - China (Kunming)

Day 35 - Well the honeymoon had to come to an end. In summary, the flight out ifGuilin was cancelled without notice. Something I only discovered when I arrived at the airport. So I had to book onto a different flight, with a different airline later in the day. Then that was delayed by several hours. So got to Kunming late in the evening. Wasted day. 

Some may recall that I had to book my China accommodation in great haste for visa purposes and in the 15 seconds I had to choose a hostel, I picked poorly. I'm in the middle of nowhere again with lots of young people. In a dorm. Urghhhh! And they're not even Brits, or Aussies, or Septics - or even Europeans with a smattering of a language that I can communicate in. They're all non-english speakers. Friendly for the most part, just young (urghhh again) and not great company.

Because I spent an additional night in Guilin, I've also left myself little time to do the big trips in this part of the country. With that and the plane delay, it's a bit of a bust in Kunming, which is a shame as I was looking forward to it enormously. 

Made the best of a bad job and joined the gang for a traditional Chinese hotpot, which was interesting but I'm not a huge fan of boiled things. Everything tends to end up all soft and slimy. And I'm more of a crispy man on the whole. Urghhh again. Still, at least I can look forward to a good nights sleep with my seven Asian companions. And then a squat loo / communal shower in the morning. 

I'm determined not to break cover and book into a hotel this time. Soak it up and I might find a few surprises along the way. I will however see if there's a private room available in the morning. There are none tonight.