Well, we entered a different world when we arrived in China! Kunming is the capital of the Yunnan Province, the province in which we spent all of our time in China. It is a small city (by Chinese standards) of 4 million, but huge compared to what we were used to.
Lots of activity in the streets!
Before long we found some really cool parts of the city, like the old town market district.
There are some very strange things to be found in the markets!
We also really enjoyed the Green Lake area, near the University and Green Lake Park. It is a quieter part of the city with tons of good restaurants and lots of young people. Above you can see an art student practing his portrait skills.
On the weekends a lot of the people gather in the park to play music and sing. This was a lot of fun to check out (Ellen, you would have loved it!).
Anyway, we really enjoyed Kunming. It was the biggest city we visited in China, and we spent over a week there. A friend of Jon's, who described it as the San Francisco of China, has lived there for 4 years. Jon actually barely new her but we bumped into her coincidentally. We ended up meeting some of her friends and having a good time, not to mention getting tons of good travel tips for the rest of the Yunnan Province.
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