Does any one know why there aren't any doors and very low walls in the cubicles in the toilets in China so everyone can see you go to the poo?  Anyway, I'm a bit bored at the moment. I'm going to Kunming later. The bus leaves at 10pm and it's only 5.25 now so I got some time to kill but I'm too lazy to write anything to my 'secret blog that no one knows about' and I've had enough of learning tone rules for middle class consonants. So I think I'll just write whatever comes into my tiny mind and see what the result is.

I just got off the phone to my great big honey, she calls me everyday. I think that's really nice.

I'm in Mei Mei cafe where Dali beer is only 6RMB. It's in the city of Jinghong which is in Yunnan province in China's deep south-west. It's run by a Bai woman. She's from Dali. The Bai are an ethnic minority.

There are 800,000 Dai people in this area known as Xiashuangbanna, which in it's original Thai dialect is sip sawng banna (12 rice villages). Or something like that. The Dai are also an ethnic minority.

The Dai people actually speak a dialect which is similar to Thai as they, along with other ethnic groups such as the Tai Dam, Shan and Siamese (Thais) belong to the same sino-tibetan language group. Interesting huh? Last week, when I was in Laos I bought a turban from a Tai Dam lady for 70,000 of your finest laos kips. Cheap really as it took her 2 weeks to make it. It's 6' long and I use it to wrap around old pillows so they don't make me sneeze when I go noddy blink 'ums.

My attempts to talk to Dai people in the market have been met with surprise, astonishment, admiration, sheer delight, amazement, indifference, blank stares, horror, a rather sudden urge to get me to shut up and have been altogether rather unsuccessful. It's still easier than Putongua though. Although people around here actually speak Jinghongua. Whatever. I just found out that Dai is only about 20% Thai so I needn't be to hard on myself.

Some backpackers have just stumbled in and seem to have brought every odour that Jinghong can belch forth in with them. I think it will only be a matter of time before I am approached and asked as to how long I intend to use the free internet. So I will leave it here go back to learning the tone rules for middle consonants and vowels that change their form . . Peace and love all stuff like that. ~ Kitschiguy 

I want to go to China but there is one thing hold me on ....... and it is toilet :-p

Ugh...yeah I have heard a lot about toilets there.

Anyway...You have been missed!

Come back already hehe

Keep well na ja. xxx

Such a nice journal you wrote! Would like to see what it is like the place where you are right now... Good luck with the consonants and the toilets!!

Thanks guy's. I'll try to post a few pics one of these days Gonna have something to eat now then off to the bus station. Take care, night night. xXx

Sounds interesting.

I work in China a lot. Sure they seem to have a problem with plumbing/toilets, but I've learnt to hold my breath.

Very interesting journal... My friend went to Xiashuangbanna not long ago, and he seemed to be really impressed with the place as well. Yet, I will not say that Im a fan of that area, esp. the toilet part.

Will try to catch ur update on the photos.

These types of toilets have not been popular in Western countries (and my contry as well.) because of cultural differences.

When i was on a waiting for washroom in Guangzhou, (China) i was asked `go wee-wee or No2?` by a stranger!! It was very weird to me, but it was not a big deal for them. (i guess...)

Maybe washroom as a place for social interaction in China?!? ;P

Enjoy your trip!

Actually you're right. The walls are so low so that Chinese gentlemen may converse with one another while taking a dump. I think it's weird but, to each his own

LOL lucky you that it have low walls and the door. Once along the way somewhere to Tianjin...I went to the toilet and it have no even door and the walls between each toilet!...but I still like China

Kunming is nice, i like stone forest.