The final leg of the trip took us to Kunming with a stopover in the beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur and its ultra modern airport. Coming over the mountains into China, we saw the valley and Kunming. We didn’t know what to expect, but we anxiously hoped someone would be there to guide us since we couldn’t speak any Chinese. There was a person waiting for one passenger, but none for us! Maybe this was a dignitary? Then no one was at baggage pick-up; no one was there after leaving Customs! Was this time to begin worrying? Now we left the terminal. Outside the terminal were hundreds of people including three people waiting for us with a sign that said TOUZEL! Maybe not heaven, but this was how I spelled R-E-L-I-E-F! The pics are of a BIG roundabout, with an Asian theme; our luxurious trip to Kunming - we had the whole plane to ourselves and 9 other passengers; and our translators treating us to Cross-bridge Noodles, a local favorite. They treated us royally; took us to a nice hotel, but there were a lot of negotiations going on? Why? I wondered. Though there was no Western toilet, we managed. We ate well. The next day we took another physical exam. Thinking this was a waste since we had already done this, we did get a surprise, at more than 5,000 feet our blood pressure and heart rate were slightly elevated, but nothing to worry about. We are acclimated now, b/c we can run up the stairs of our apartment now. Kunming is more cosmopolitan and sophisticated, but we were now ready for Qujing.
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