昆明 - 云南省 - 中国

okie.... we went to guangzhou after xiamen.. stayed there for 1 day and took a 25 hours sleeper train to kunming.....



the hostel we stayed in guangzhou.... 200RMB for 4 pax... relatively cheap right? yeah...



taking the train to kunming....



the train photo... photo 1



the train photo.... the beds....

okie... out of the 25 hours, we are awake for about 10 hours??? hahah... out of which, we were eating... chatting... reading.... and occassionally falling aslp yet again.... omg... that train ride is only good at making ppl slp and slp....

okie.... finally after 25 hours of dunno torture or heaven, we finally reached kunming....

spent one day in 昆明 and we travel to 丽江 at nite.... just lotsa of travelling spent in buses and trains i think

anyway, that day in 昆明 was spent gg to the 云南民族村 which is a gathering of the 26 民族 in 云南 and also a miniture of the attractions of the states where the 民族 are.. i think a relatively interesting places.. but right... it can be a tourist trap too... just dun pay extra money other than the shows put up by the ppl...

i must say the culture of those 民族 is one of the attractions in 云南... all the cultures have their own festival and their beliefs.... i love 藏族most after visiting 香格里拉... cos i think their cultural is more 浓厚？or maybe cos i interacted with 藏族 more during this trip...

anyway, below are some photos taken in 云南民族村



a miniature of dali's pagoda ... dunno the real name...



group photo 1



a consolidation of the grp photos we took in that 村



random pixxie of the photos we took in that 村



okie... 1 last pix... rem this place... they took u to a room where they get u some tea... then told u it is one of the 18怪 in 云南 which is 石头当茶买 ... there is no such thing ahx... only got the 石头长在云天外... omg... u see... the 18怪 can also use to cheat ppl... zhen shi de...

anyway, below is the website for the 18怪

http://baike.baidu.com/view/2335.htm

enjoy!