Getting settled for the night in Kunming

I got picked up at the train station by Schie, a Chinese women who I had previously met online, and who wanted to practice her German with me. She had spent two years working in Germany, and felt like it was time to practice in order to keep her excellent German skills current.

She had made arrangements for two hotel rooms for us, and we ordered a taxi to get there. In a first for me, after we called the taxi, I was super surprised to see that the map service displayed how much longer the traffic light would be in which color!?! 🚥💡 Check the pics to better understand what I mean. I think that's pretty cool actually, super useful!

The hotel was a bit of a confusing thing, with the reception just being a tiny shop front, and the rooms just randomly spread throughout a high rise residential building. Our rooms were in the 20th floor, offering us a great view over the city.

After getting settled there for a bit, we headed out by electric bike (which I could easily rent out with my Alipay app) toward a street food market. There were thousands of electric bikes lining all the roads, it was completely bonkers!Leia mais