Cheap Travel: Backpacking through China, Kunming & Xi’an

Published by Johnny on April 05, 2010

Kunming and Xi’an were our last 2 proper destinations in this trip and they are tip-top places to go, really both cracking places to visit – dirt cheap, so much culture your head could explode and everyday is an experience in itself.

From Jinghong we got to Kunming via sleeper bus, these are are a marvelous way to travel – you cover a lot of ground, you save money on accommodation, you get to see what’s going on outside and it’s pretty cheap too (although, and I’m sorry for stereotyping but chinese peeps are smaller than whities so my 185cm frame has to contort to some pretty funky angles to get any proper shuteye, but as i said, it’s cheap as chips and beggars can’t be choosers!)

Unfortunately I have actually lost both my diary from this trip AND the original photos which is a heartbreaker so I feel compelled to thank Mr Zuterberg (sp?) over at facebook because I uploaded them before I lost them so I still have a version of them That being said, I can’t remember which pics are Xi’an and which are Kunming so if i make a mistake, my apologies to Chairman Mao and co… Continue reading “Cheap Travel: Backpacking through China, Kunming & Xi’an” »