More about Spring City...

So here we are, 10days in Kunming, also called 'spring city'...but the very name is chinese propaganda, I'm convinced; it's been looking more like July in Auckland or November in London!!!

In 1 word; rain...we got everything from tropical storm to london drizzle!

The locals keep on going about their business...

 And we go to the movies...and you know what? We found out that Orlando Blum and Johnny Depp are fluent in Chinese! And we understood the story!...Not that we would have if it had been a Woody Allen movie!!!

Actually, we had a few nice days (or part thereof), and we could visit a few temples in the surronding of Kunming...Bamboo temple, Golden Temple, Drangon Gate and so on...

 Bamboo temple...up a steep 8km slope...with an old rented chinese town bike (no gears!!!). I must admit we were happy to find the fresh park of the temple at the top!

Typical outing of a chinese family; grand-parents, parents and the one child.

About Clothing and sociology...

First, just to let you know that despite the modernity flying into China, the chinese babies are still wearing pants without bottom. They don't wear nappies (or whatever you american call those...;-))  and a parent or grand parent holding their kids over the curb is usual sight!!!

Second...I would like to formulate a pray to all of south east asian parents. From Indonesia to China, the toddlers are wearing shoes which are designed to make a quircky noise at each step. Can you imagine generations of traumatised kids who herd that quiiirck, every step they did during their childhood?

So please, dear asian parents, watch you kid instead of trying to hear him and let us, poor and innocent passer-by in peace!!! 

What I like about temples...

 The smell of encens and the mumble of praying worshipers

The round doors and dark red walls 

The gardens, flowers, bonzai and statues

Bells suspended from the roof that jinggle with the wind

The golden tiles of the roofs...

We also went for a day trip to the Stone Forest, which is a karst rock formation...our guide was a 80old guy, M. Zhouan, that was so friendly, smiling and laughing that I nicknamed him; the Dwarf of the Stone forest!

Doesn't he look like a nice little dwarf???

Plus at 80yo, he's faster going up the stairs than I am!!!

This guy really made our day!

One of the beatiful sceneries of the Stone Forest...

We send you a rainy hello and a laugh of the Stone Forest Dwarf!

05:36 - 18/06/2007 - Ajouter un commentaire