Kunming is 20.6 miles away and we should be there tomorrow evening. We have walked 210 miles since we left Dali. Once we get to Kunming we will say goodbye to our little highway 320. Until today, the 320 has been a relatively quiet 2 lane rural road that occasionally creeps into a decent sized…

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Doing Our Best

We only managed 16 miles today but the last 6 were all up hill. We are now enjoying a nice dinner on the restaurant of our hotel. It’s a pretty lively spot and Doug was even offered a shot of local moonshine. When we got here, the first thing we did was shower and do…

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Favorite Foods!

We had our lunch today at this nice family’s restaurant. Doug and I have been marveling at how we have not had a bad meal here yet. One of our favorite dishes is eggs scrambled and then cooked in this light and savory red sauce, tomatoes and a lightly spicy green pepper. After lunch today…

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There seems to be a very popular game people enjoy playing with us. The game goes something like this. We walk into a town and ask a person if there is a hotel. This person says “yes” and points to a building, We walk over to said building and ask for a room to which…

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We walked our 15 miles today and checked into a hotel and talked about how we needed to turn it up a notch if we are going to make it to Hong Kong before our plane leaves on July 29th. We had another look at the map and where we are at and it seems…

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We just had dinner at this man’s restaurant. His name is Gong Lixiang and he is an account manager for a micro-finance organization called Chuxiong Farmer’s Self-Service. I asked if we coulk link the organization on our page and he said yes. Www.cfpamf.org.cn Chuxiong@cfpamf.org.cn This morning at breakfast he gave us several laminated photos of…

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Fine Dining

First he ate the scorpions. Next he ate the chicken feet. It’s almost no fun at all because it seems there’s nothing the man won’t eat.

In Search Of….

Now that we have taken a day and a half off, our average of 15 miles per day has shrunk to a little over 12 a day. It was unavoidable. We we’re both physically tired and the sole of my right foot felt like it was tearing with every step. We shopped around at local…

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