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We are at Kunming

Left Zhatong, a town in Yunnan famous for apple fruit, due to landslide, the convoy was held up for an hour in Xialongtan, a small town on the highway to Kunming to be cleared. When we left the Xialongtan and stopped at Petro China in Zhongzhai for diesel at around 12.15pm, a lose coupling in Ah Chou’s Land Cruiser was replaced by our mechanic, Ling. Disaster fallen again on the covey, this time, it is much worse – the official photographer – Mr. Tiong, of the expedition lost the camera which contains the photos taken for the entire journey, he cannot for certain how it happen but certain that it occurred at Petro China petrol station.

Reached Sakura Hotel in Kunming at around 4.00pm after waving through the traffic jam.  In The evening , Charlie, our tour guide from China give us a mushroom steamboat, which a special cuisine in Kunming. Will stay in Kunming for another day before departing  on 2nd Oct for  Mengla County (勐腊县; pinyin: Měnglà Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna.

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