Grrrr – my 1st 1st class flight so i could go to the 1st class lounge – and this one is the only one in china i guess without wifi – fuck!! Anyway smooth flight. Than 40 minutes waiting for the taxi to the bus station. Than 30 minutes waiting for the bus to go….
As i had to book online and wanted to fly tomorrow morning – there where only 1st class seats possible. So now i have a 1st class seat to Kunming – great – also for my miles-and-more account. According to Dave there will be bus transportation from the airport to Dali – should be a…
Went to Suining with Dave. From the overcast white sky of Chengdu we came to blue sky over there. Great!Spend the next day exploring the temples on the hills. Found a nice spot on an island in the river. Ice cold Snow beer for 4 RMB (the big bottle!!). Had 2 nice nights at that…
Dave did pick me up from the airport. went to his place for a beer than he put me into a taxi to get to XiaoLi Liu place. We went for food and the portions where too big to eat for next to nothing. i did land in the real china after all. still i…
At 12.30 i have my plane to Chengdu. Dave – you might remember him from the Pai / Thailand pictures a few years ago – will pick me up from the airport. He will bring me to XiaoLi Liu where i will surf her couch for the next 2 nights.The plan is to hike with…
this is what i call home cinema – fuck your 52″ flat screen!! This is surreal! The boats never stop – sometimes there are a few like here and sometimes…. View from my sleeping room – at 4.50 am…
Hi All! Facebook is blocked right now in China. Looks like that is temporary so i do not know if and when it will be open again. Please do not send me messages over facebook. I get your message but i can not replay! Use my email – that works better! What i can do…
Arrived late in the afternoon at Petras and Ludgers place. They have a fantastic view of the bund, the pearl tower and a big part of shanghai. will take a few pictures soon. Not only is my surfdog.de blocked here – now they did block facebook as well. hmmmm
did move the room to the basement, did update the MacBook, filled the iPod, packed everything including the camera and 2 visa cards. that should solve any problem :-) Got in touch with Dave – looking forward to see him. Looks like we go on a hike for the eclipse. Somewhere up on the mountains…
Did some duty free shopping – hope i will have a lot of sun in 2009 :-)