Well, it's certainly been an interesting couple of days. After doing some christmas shopping and sightseeing, two nights ago we met up with some Australian girls we'd met previously. We decided to go out for tea and picked a little cafe called "Jane Eyre". Still recovering from my cold, I ordered a fresh orange juice while the others drank beer. It turns out I probably would have been better off with the beer. I think the orange juice might have been mixed with some of the local water because shortly after our meals arrived at the table I had run downstairs and was vomiting in the square outside. Having managed to get it all over myself I hurried back to my room to shower. Scott dropped in to check on me and I felt a little better so I told him to rejoin our friends, that I would take it easy back in the room. Twenty minutes after he left I was back in the bathroom where I spent most of the next five hours, with short breaks lying in bed watching figure skating on tv. So yesterday and today I have been up and about, but distinctly lacking in energy. The Aussie girls are here finishing their studies in Chinese medicine so they gave me some herbal stuff to mix with my water that's supposed to be good. Regained my appetite about 2 hours ago and had huge meal of Naxi beef noodle hot pot and wholemeal toast. The toast was really good for Chinese toast (ie. not sweet) so I ordered a whole loaf to take away, much to the surprise of the waiters. We are taking a minibus back to Yongning tomorrow, at 8am, so I will munch on my bread with vegemite (I still have a bit left) on the bus. I am getting a little sick of peanuts and wafers for those long bus trips.
This afternoon we climbed to the top of the hill here and saw a temple / pagoda which is now basically a tourist attraction. It has five stories and is purported to be the highest wooden structure in China. The parks around it are beautiful and the view over the old town and towards the Jade dragon snow mountain are pretty good. The climb did turn my legs to jelly though.
good night
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