Mile Around And About To Kunming

Mile Around And About To Kunming

Both of us loved Mile the people there were very accommodating all except two different ladies at two different shops who obviously have the same grudge, they really should find a leading role in terrorism and they would do well.

Our hotel which was $118 yuan (around $29 bucks kiwi) included a hot tub at the top, 2 lovely young ladies at the front desk and the deal maker, free lollies in reception…..if they had undercover parking for Shou Lyu it would have been the undisputed best yet however the hot tub made up for it.

Both nights we got into the tub (there were two), wine and epic views of Mile, spoiled rotten we were.

  

On our decent walk around the town we came across a world, as we approached, we saw Australia …..but New Zealand did not exist, sorry Kiwis apparently you are no more, I will get on the presidential hotline and sort it out.

Part of our stay we took a bus to the conical shaped brick structures and out to a winery, the structures were ok but at $80 Yuan each entry fee then another $20 Yuan each to get to them on a minibus neither of us wanted to go that badly, my preference and Ellens is old Chinese architecture, I find fascination in their building methods and beauty of yesteryear with the REAL craftsmen square tapered dowls which lock harder with any movement or pressure.

The winery was very very nice, as we finished the guy brought out the 68 % alcohol as a good by roadie and yeap Shou Lyu would run fine on that juice, leaving there I felt slightly sluggish (must have been something I ate) and having to walk uphill got the poor ol lungs workout.

Piling back to Kunming to see Ellen off to Beijing took care of half a day of road racing with some brilliantly spastic manouvers which I am slowly getting used to, I enjoy aggressive drivers cos you know what they are gonna do, it is the unspeedfreaks on the three wheeler trikes that just turn across the road and don’t even look and they do it at a moment or less notice, we have seen so many nearly get cleaned up by trucks.

Part way back to Kunming this bridge was quite a sight, piss stop and hydration stop.

Arriving back in Kunming felt like going home, knowing where we were headed etc was comfy, I had a tooth issue where a filing fell out and my brain leaked so I was feeling stupid, Ellen had an appointment booked to finish her teeth so they did mine at the same time. 

Ellen piled off to Beijing to get family stuff sorted after dads passing and left me home alone in Kunming with roasted duck, grog, a cool moto and time....what can possibly go wrong LOL.

I headed to Moto Morini Shop and proudly I made it right across the city and back on Shou Lyu navigating my way around ring road 2 which I am NOT allowed on...did it bro!!