I arrived in Kunming on the evening of 3rd Feb. It was
a warm 20 deg C and things were looking good for a
successful expedition. That evening, I took a sleeper
bus to Lijiang and from Lijiang bus station, I hopped
on a bus bound for Weixi. This back-to-back
long-distance road travel took its toll. Halfway to
Weixi, I was [...]

I’m sending this to you from Meilixue Tavern at Fei Lai Si, Deqing
County, right at the border between Yunnan and Tibet. The average
temp is a relatively warm -7 deg C. This is a Tibetan “teahouse”
managed by a man from Guangxi. I call him Qin lao ban - a descendant
of Qin Shi Huang, perhaps.
To be honest, [...]

It’s a drastic change from subzero temperatures to 30+. My nose is
telling me that. Ah choo …
Now, where were we? Yes, I was in Deqing, trying to find a way out.
On the first day of Chinese (or Tibetan) New Year, a man from Xiamen
who was also stuck at Deqing just had to get down to [...]