A good start to this trip. Landed late at 10:30pm, much confusion and difficulty getting to my room in town, but made it there smiling at ~1:30am. First question I got asked, "have you eaten, you must be hungry."
First day was a trip to The Golden Temple, a lush and stunning hill on the outskirts of town studded with 1600's stone and woodwork from the Ming Dynasty. Very quiet, peaceful, almost otherworldly. After a pleasant morning and early afternoon there, I bused an hour or so to get downtown and got to see the heart of the Yunnan province. Looked like most other large cities with much thought going into efficiency, a little into style, and almost none into history. I got home at 8:30pm and started struggling to keep my eyes open. I'll chalk it up to jet-lag and go to sleep for 10 hours. Goodnight!
I'm glad to see you reactivated your blog. I want to see where you live on ogle world. China is sincerely trying to help us stop the N Korean aggression. You are probably safe in China. N Korea will imprison and torture you for no reason. Stay away from N Korea. Love, dad
ReplyDeleteSon, please remember: stay away from N Korea. They will imprison and torture you for nothing as they just did with Mr Warmbier, the student from the US..
ReplyDeleteAll is well here. Geoff was tring to convince me that Yunnan was in northern China. Where is the Great Wall from where you are? I miss you, son.
ReplyDeleteLove, dad
As soon as he knows that it's where the Ledo Road ended, he'll know exactly where I flew into.
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