China: Yunnan: #18 Fresh Food Markets in Kunming (part b)

After looking at the food in the market with a view to choosing ingredients for a hypothetical meal, now I just looked for interesting items for sale that are not so common at home.

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These were unusual… twisted, squat, knobbly baby pumpkins.

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A popular food in Asia… bamboo shoots, for sale here both trimmed and untrimmed.

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Beautifully coloured Okinawan spinach (?Guan Yin Cai); Gynura crepioides

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Pink mushrooms? No. Not really. Just the light through pink shade cloth!

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Live baby tortoise! I must say, it’s difficult to think of eating these.

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Now here’s a worry.. prawns, not cooked, not on ice… and no sea anywhere near!

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Dried ‘butterflied’ ducks… heads down, tails up… not sure how to prepare these.

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Chicken feet and chillies… a popular dish. Nothing wasted here.

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I most certainly was NOT ready to try these eggs known variously as Century Eggs, Thousand Year Old or Preserved eggs.  They are prepared by wrapping the eggs in a mix of clay, straw, ash, salt and lime (powder) and buried for ‘months’. Not for me… but a delicacy in China.

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A sausage could be interesting. Wonder what’s in them?

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On the other hand, I could be tempted by freshly cooked, wholemeal flour, pork buns!

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More buns waiting to be steamed.

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Chestnuts were in season… not my favourite nut.

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But these… walnuts straight from tree to buyer… oh yes.

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By now we were getting a little weary… but at least we weren’t sleep walking!

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But it was time to buy something to take home for dinner… maybe tomatoes? Vine ripened, fresh picked… tomatoes that taste like tomatoes should taste. Not the tough skinned varieties in our supermarkets that are so ‘travel prepared’ that they bounce like a ball… and need salt for taste.

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In the end, we settled for asparagus… again fresh picked by hand.

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Fresh asparagus in hand, we went back to the apartment where Kenzo cooked up a storm for dinner… left-over duck from the night before with kidney beans and the asparagus, all washed down with millet soup and a bottle of wine… and an enjoyable view from the apartment at dusk.

I woke to a pleasant morning, 210C (700F) but, on this one, I had to return to Beijing and leave behind a couple of really good friends.  I’d very much enjoyed my time with Kenzo in Jianshui and wish that Ross could have joined us.  Apart from Kenzo’s company, I think I enjoyed Jianshui so much because it took me to a place that I knew absolutely nothing about.  It was a new adventure, every thing was new… except the old village.  It was not far removed from the way it must have been many hundreds of years ago.  Brilliant!

And, Kunming, well, I’d been there before, some 16 years ago, but it had changed so much that I didn’t recognise a thing.  Hopefully, it won’t be another 16 years before I return.

And, hopefully it won’t be too long before I return to share more of my explorations to parts of our amazing world not yet on the general tourist trail. Nothing booked at the moment though…

Until then, Jennie will be adding more of our travel posts on our other site:

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or revisit the places on this blog.

David

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China: Yunnan: #17 Fresh Food Markets in Kunming (Part a)

Back in Kunming with Ross, we had a good meal, lots of chat and a good night’s sleep.

Next morning, we had a slow start, no hurry to do anything today.  Ross had to leave early to do his tutoring so Kenzo and I walked to a place near the apartment for some Muslim noodles for breakfast.  The noodles are made from the usual dough mix but the cutting/shaping is different.  Check out the video on You Tube … the link is at the end of this post.  It shows the process better than I can describe it.  Our big bowl of noodles in a meat broth cost us just 7 Yuan each.

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Then, we caught a bus to a fruit and meat market.  I love markets, particularly Asian ones.  They are full of the most wondrous things! There was some cooked food…sautéed capsicum and red chilli, and lotus root… looked so good. But this market is mainly for fresh food. It’s always fun to wander along and see what I might buy if I was going to prepare my own meal.

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Just look at the colours in these Spanish onions, cucumbers and carrots.

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Long, thin, purple aubergine with the orange of carrots… more great colour. 

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Chinese cabbage… of course. Often used in Chinese meals.

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There’s quite a bit of a difference between this butcher’s shop and those we’re used to! If I bought the RH carcass, I’d even get a bag of bile!

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Not to mention the poultry shop! Those are the yolks of unformed eggs.

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And if you buy a ‘chook’ (chicken) you get the feet as well!

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Fresh ginger, capsicum and red chilli to add lots of flavour.

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A variety of peppers to pep things up a bit!

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Or, maybe, some red chillies to hot things up!

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Plenty of pulses to choose from to accompany our dish.

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Some rice wine might be handy to have. Lots to choose from.

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And, of course, we had to choose some greens for our hypothetical meal… like these bok choys.

All good fresh, in season, food. At home we have become too used to having any food we want at any time of the year. Not here. Thankfully, we do have more chances now to buy good, fresh local produce at farmer’s markets in Australia with a small footprint on the environment… and no need to buy processed foods with who knows what additives and an over supply of salt, sugar and fats.

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Now, to end our meal, we might need a little something sweet… some fruit, maybe. Any plumper and these grapes would start to jump out of their skins.

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And how good do these peaches look… each one individually wrapped.

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Nashi pears looked nice and crisp… straight from the trees to market.

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Or we could go really tropical and try a dragon fruit!

More anon… but before I finish up this post… a reminder…

the You Tube link to the video on Muslim noodle making is …

< https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Gb4DvQB2pw>

.

David

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China: Yunnan: #3 Kunming to Jianshui

It was a grey and overcast morning.  Kenzo and I had to leave the apartment at 08.00 to catch the train to Jianshui which left at 09.32.

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We arrived at the rather futuristic Kunming Railway Station in plenty of time…. and just as well. It wasn’t a case of walk in and hop on the train. Not at all!

There was security everywhere with armoured personnel carriers parked at strategic locations and armed police patrolling the street in front of the station as well as the station forecourt.  Airport type security for screening bags had to be negotiated before the station buildings proper were reached. Once through all that, it was straight on to the train (K9832) which consisted of 16 carriages, some sleeping cars, (as I think the train went through to Hanoi in Vietnam).  Our carriage had 118 rather uncomfortable cloth covered seats arranged 2×3 across the carriage.  Each seat had an embroidered antimacassar. And the train left on time.

Map Kunming to Jianshui

Map Kunming to Jianshui

So where were we headed on this train? You can see Jianshui on the map…. it’s 220 km (137 mi.) south of Kunming. It wasn’t the most comfortable of train rides but, of course, there was plenty to see out of the windows.

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Shortly after leaving Kunming, we travelled through an area of plastic tunnel houses – perhaps the same ones I flew over on my approach to Kunming?

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Every space is used to grow something. All very neat and orderly.

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As I was pondering on this view, a warning was given by the crew over the PA. What did it mean? Thankfully I had Kenzo to translate for me. We were being told to be careful of our money when using the toilet because the suction created by the open system had a tendency to suck  money out of people’s pockets!  Not too good for the passengers. But good for some. It seems that local farmers patrol the line picking up this new found wealth!

Another warning… another translation required. This time we were being warned, even discouraged, from brushing our teeth with the water in the toilets!  Maybe it really meant that the water was not potable… something got lost in the translation.

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The train arrived a little late … another announcement over the PA. But this time I had an English translation on the sign to tell me where I was. Even though we were late, the local buses were still waiting for the train to arrive so we caught one of them into the centre of the town.

Jianshui is known as one of the famous national historic and cultural towns in China. It’s described as an ancient town with history dating back 1,200 years.  Today, the town retains much of the traditional style of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) with over 15 ancient buildings still standing. I was looking forward to our exploration.

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Jianshui is a walled city and the bus dropped us off just outside the eastern gate.

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This eastern gate, the one facing the sun rise, is called Chaoyang Tower. It’s been compared with the Tiananmen Tower in Beijing.  However, this tower predates the Beijing tower by 28 years!  It’s quite large: 24.5 m (80 ft) high, 12.3 m (40.5 ft.) long and 26.8 m (88 ft.) wide.  

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Early in the morning and again at sunset the locals bring their pet song birds to this square in front of the East Gate. Time for a sit and a chat while ‘walking’ the birds.

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Some birds are for sale as well.

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Once inside, we walked around to the northern side of the Chaoyang Tower. The saddle shaped roof has three levels and is supported by large wooden poles.

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The bell that hangs on the NE corner is still rung at sunset each day.

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I love finding old door handles. They make me wonder about all of the people who have turned those handles, who have walked through that door. What’s behind that door? And what stories could those door handles tell… if door handles could tell stories! This one almost looks like it could speak… just silenced by the ring. I had a feeling that exploring this town was going to be an exceptional experience.

but more of that anon.

David

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China: Yunnan: #2 Yunnan University and Green Lake

After lunch, we wandered off into the grounds of Yunnan University.  Pleasant surroundings and very pleasant walking under a threatening sky, temperature in mid-20’s, humidity high. Located at an altitude of 1892m (6207 ft.) and just north of the Tropic of Cancer, Kunming is often referred to as the Eternal Spring City due mainly to its weather. I’ll let my photos tell the story!

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Yunnan University logo

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We wandered down a beautiful avenue of Ginkgo trees.

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A Faculty building – note the row of Zamia palms.

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A bell tower – note sick, leafless trees in front of the tower.

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The sick trees were being ‘treated’ by digging a hole, filling it with water and sprinkling a pink powder on the surface. What that was, I don’t know.

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This sick plane tree was hooked up to a drip!

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Colonial corridor in ‘The House of Huize’, built in 1923.

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Another old building – now a restaurant.

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Near the university is Green Lake which is surrounded by an attractive park. An ornate fence surrounds the lake.

A sign explained: “The Park was a beautiful bay on the Dianchi Lake before the Ming Dynasty and became a tourist resort at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.  With an area of 21 ha. (52 ac.) the park is nowadays well-known for its richly ornamented traditional pavilions and palaces, blue waves and ripples, green willows, beautiful flowers, fair landscape and quiet elegance of its numerous scenes.”

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A patch of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) well established in a corner of the lake.

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Lotus flower… impossible to resist a photo of this beauty.

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Lotus flower opening up fully. Lovely contrast between petals and seed head.

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Fallen beauty

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A dried lotus seed head showing seeds about to be released

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Unusual purple flowers contrasting with their silver bracts.

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A seed-eating finch at home amongst the water plants.

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Avenue of bamboo.

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Bamboo graffiti

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Even the public loo (absolutely spotless) had a dado of bamboo images.

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A flower unknown to me!

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Walking back towards the apartment, we saw this street sweeper taking a break.

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Another sleepy-head !

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We passed a small street trolley selling beautiful red ‘crinkled’ capsicum…

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… and orange and green ones as well.

By then it was time for a break… a stop at a favourite haunt of my hosts for a coffee and half price cake (Thursday is the day for this treat).  All very pleasant, before we headed back to the apartment to sort out my washing… a much needed chore.

Kenzo cooked tea of steamed chicken and rice after which I gave myself over to diary writing on my computer. Otherwise it was the Chinese TV programmes.  They were no real distraction as I couldn’t understand a thing!  Bed and sleep came easily.

David

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China: Yunnan: #1 Back to Kunming

China: Yunnan: #1 Back to Kunming

In between the two treks written up already in the posts on Mongolia and The Great Wall of China Walk, I had a week off, just enough time to jump on a plane and head from Beijing to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in the SW corner of China.  One of my college-day mates, Ross, has been in China for a number of years teaching English, so I didn’t need a better reason to make the detour.

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As I waited for my plane, I couldn’t help but notice that Beijing’s domestic terminal is very open and spacious compared with Sydney’s cramped ‘reach-up-and-touch-the-ceiling’ terminal. Sydney’s main gateway to Australia is nothing more than a debacle.

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Beijing was beginning to get rather smoggy again. Just before I’d arrived in China ten days earlier, the Government had closed industry down to clear the air for the events that celebrated the 70 years since the Chinese defeated the Japanese. But now the smog was settling once more. It was a good time to be getting out of Beijing.

The three and a half hour flight was totally uneventful – just the way I like it!

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As we flew closer to Kunming, I noticed that the outskirts are covered with tunnel houses used mostly for growing cut flowers. These tunnels reminded me of my visit to Kunming during the 1999 World Horticultural Exposition... an impressive show.

The most memorable part of that Expo for me, was seeing the many display gardens and buildings that represented each of the ethnic groups of China.  The vast majority of these groups live in Yunnan Province and, on that tour in 1999, we travelled through many of those ethnic areas as we moved northwards through the province.

As the plane came into land in Kunming, I was wondering what experiences I would enjoy this time round. I knew that something special had been planned for me.

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Ross (right) and his house mate Kenzo were waiting for me as I emerged into the arrivals hall. It’s always good to be met by friends when away from home.

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We caught an airport express bus into the centre of the city and then a taxi to their apartment. The view from their abode on the 15th floor of an apartment block is quite open compared with many. At least they have a long view and see a green swathe of trees and not just the back of more apartments. As with many Chinese cities, this is a city that’s had a huge building boom, mostly of apartments, many unoccupied. Ross told me that there are reports of 73 million unoccupied apartments in China.

Map of Yunnan and Kunming

Map of Yunnan

Kunming is the capital of the SW Chinese province of Yunnan and is now a very big city… back in the 2011 census, the population was 6,486,400 and it’s much larger now. From the map it’s fairly obvious that Yunnan is bordered by Burma, Laos, Tibet and Vietnam as well as other Chinese Provinces. That makes Kunming the centre of political, economic, communications, culture and transport for the whole of SW China.  It has road links to Burma and Laos and a rail link to Vietnam.

The city’s history goes back 2,400 years although it hasn’t always been called Kunming. It began as an important crossroads for the caravan routes on the Southern Silk Road that linked South-east Asia to Tibet and India.

The name Kunming was given to the city during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) although at that time it wasn’t under Chinese rule. That came 200 years later, in the 14th Century, when the Ming Dynasty rulers (1368-1644) defeated the Mongols. 

Kunming became much more important many centuries later when the rail link to Haiphong in North Vietnam (then still part of French Indochina) was built in 1910. That rail link has had a chequered career! It was cut during World War 1, restored in 1957, cut again in 1979, and reopened in 1996.

In the 1930’s, roads were built linking Kunming with Chongqing in Sichuan and Guiyang in Guizhou.  This road opened the way for a large influx of population. In 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese war broke out, many rich east coast Chinese flooded into south-west China.  They brought dismantled factories with them and re-erected them in Kunming because it was out of the range of the Japanese bombers.  A number of universities were also moved to Kunming.  As a result Kunming became an important industrial and manufacturing centre and a centre for education.

During the Second World War, Kunming acted as an Allied command centre, which grouped the Chinese, American, British and French forces together.

After the Second World War, Kunming had another period of rapid development with the construction of large iron and steel and chemical complexes.  It also became an important supply depot during the Vietnam War.

Until 1952, Kunming was a walled city.  In that year the city government ordered hundreds of young people to tear down the old wall and use the bricks to build a new North-South road. 

Right up until Mao Zedong’s death in September 1976, Kunming, a somewhat remote city, was used as a place to exile political prisoners. 

During the 1980’s and 1990’s the Swiss helped rebuild the city centre into its current ‘modern’ style.  In 1999, Kunming was ‘put on the map’, by the staging of the World Horticultural Exposition that I mentioned earlier.

Next morning, Ross left at 09.00 to tutor ‘one-on-one’ a 15 year old Chinese student who is being sent to New Zealand by his wealthy parents (they own a Rolls Royce!). 

That left Kenzo and me to go exploring. We decided to catch the bus into the CBD, the stop being just a 10 minute walk from the apartment.

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On our way to the bus stop, we had to cross the road, helped by the guy in the hi-vis vest on the left in the photo. When the lights changed, he swung that blue banner out into the middle of the road stopping the traffic… and we walked safely across.

Street Cleaner

There was much to see from the bus as we took the forty minute ride to the CBD. At one point a special cleaning machine came towards us cleaning the barrier in the centre of the road…. quite ingenious. 

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Among the many modern buildings in ‘downtown‘ Kunming is this modern ‘Pagoda style’ structure. A new take on traditional architecture.   

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I was impressed with the horticultural treatment of the median strips in the city.

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Citizens are encouraged to keep their city clean and tidy… they do, and it is.

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I wasn’t so impressed with their cabling – although, actually, this IS impressive!

We were heading on the bus to the main Kunming Railway Station to buy tickets in readiness for a proposed trip to Jianshui next day. At the ticket office, I had to show my passport and Kenzo had to produce his ID Card before the tickets could be issued. When that little exercise was over, we caught a bus part way back to the apartment… but only part way.  Some more walking was in order.

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On the way, we walked by this old Military Academy.

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We resisted the temptation to enter this ornate gate… an entrance to a park. It’s not often that I bypass a park but we were to meet Ross for lunch, so walked on.

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It was very interesting walking through streets like this in the older part of the city. But we couldn’t linger long. It was time for our lunch appointment with Ross. And after that, we would explore the grounds of Kunming University… more of that anon.

David

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