Mengla To Jinghong

Well as far as bus trips go this was pretty good. Our driver was considerate of his Western passengers and that I can't stand people who smoke on buses. Even if there s a big sign that says No smoking! I think they are blind and smoke anyway. He even played some poor english music for us. We eventually arrived in Jinghong around 10.30 pm. ot too bad considering we left Udomxai at 7.30 am! The boys decided on a guesthouse. I was less than Impressed I can tell you. after a long day I was hoping for a decent place to sleep. Not a Rat infested (No joke) sess pit that made me want to learch when i saw the bathrooms. Good decision Boyz! I was really exhusted but the thought of laying on the bed made my skin crawl. What with the possibilities of bugs that lived within the mattress. How could anyone sleep? Eventually I fell into an exhusted sleep dreaming of manky skin diseases and bed bugs. Nice so, very nice! I'm not a princess by any standard but if this was going to be the standard of rooms in China, I wasn't going to last here long.
Ed and I spent the following day walking around the city and checking out the Botanical Gardens, before getting on the night bus to Kunming.