The journey into the night to Kunming was mush more pleasant than it was traveling during the day in Laos. The highway was much more pleasant. Once I got to Kunming I decided as I had been recommended to go to Lijiang as it was a beautiful ancient town. It took me 7 1/2 hours to travel there via express bus at a cost of 180 Y ($26 Australian), which included lunch. The lunch I gave it a miss as it tasted very bitter. Once I got to Lijiang I went looking for ...

Today I left Luang Prabang on a sleeper bus and started a 24 hours trip to Kunming. A sleeper bus is where you sleep on a berth instead of sitting in a seat. I am told this form of transport is very popular with Chinese. The trip going through the mountain of Laos was one of the worst road I ever been on. The mountain was very steep and the road was very windy as well as very narrow. At times the road was so narrow the bus or a truck would have to stop to let t...