Arrived in Kunming at 5.30am in the morning after 9.5 hours of bus ride.

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Since the bus dropped me off at the new eastern bus station which is a little far away from the city, took bus 193 to the east station. Took bus 62 and walked to Camilia Hostel,

Unfortunately, it’s close for renovation.

Kunming has a population of around 6 million and is the capital of Yunnan province. During the 8th century, the Kingdom of NanZhou, a tibetan-burmese kingdom captured it and made it a secondary capital. Many Chinese migrated to this region during the Japanese occuption. There are many ethnic minorities living here and they made up a big percentage of the population in Yunnan. The weather here is quite cool as well.

Got on bus 52 and found my way to Coudland hostel

which is located close to ZhuanTang lake.

Yunnan Provincial Museum

There an exhibition about Kunming-HaiPhong, Vietnam railroad in the museum. This is one of the first railroad which link China to the outside world.

GuoQiaoMiXian (Over the bridge noodles, RNM12~USD$2)

CuiHuGongYuan (Green Park)

There are many different ethnicities in Kunming. The locals love dancing and there were different groups of crowd dancing with different tunes.

Exhibition Center

Outdoor dance again