I was glad to be back in China, even only being gone for a month. I didn't realise how much i'd miss it, teaching, my students, Kuitun, THE FOOD!!!, and all those little things that make up the culture (even the little pesky things that are irritating). Luckilly the border crossing from Vietnam into China was simple, off the bus, in a taxi, walk over the border, in a taxi, on another bus, then i was off to Kunming to catch a train to Lijiang...or so I thought.

I made it to Kunming to find out that there were no tickets left to get to Lijiang, so I managed to get one for the next day, but then had the joy of finding somewhere to stay the night. I tried every hostel and cheap hotel in the Lonely Planet, however every single one seemd to be fully booked. So i then went treking the streets (in the rain) to be told by every hotel, which wasnt to far out the budget, that they were either full or couldn't take foreigners. After ac ouple of hours a night in Dicos (Chinas version of McDonalds) was looking more and more likely, until eventually I found a place not to far from the station which would take foreighners, had room and was only £16 for the night (even though thats 4 times the price of most the hostels i've been in, its better that £60 a night). 

Next morning I was on the train and on my way to Lijiang! Finally!!!