Border crossing China-Laos. It was a good thing we ended up quite in the beginning of the queue, to the officer booth to get visas and entry permits. The stamps in the passports got more and more expensive further down the line. Other than that our first impression of Laos, was that it's a beautiful country and the food a bit more spicy.
Travelling by sleeping bus is cozy, for real. We managed to get a good spot, that meant there was enough space for Per's legs.
Time to leave. We had a fabulous time in China and met a whole lot of beautiful kind people. We knew on before hand that we would have too little time to explore the country, but we made the best of the time we had. We will certainly be back in the nearby future.
In Jinchuan. After having lunch we sat down and played a game we brought along. Something we love about China, is that people seem to spend hours and hours out in the streets playing different kinds of games, while drinking a whole lot of tea. It didn't take more than minutes before we suddenly had a huge teapot at our table ourselves. And company.
When we were about to leave for Jinchuan, Mr Wu asked if we would prefer to go with a friend of his, rather than the local bus. We didn't hesitate, as it would be nice to skip the crowded bus. We decided that since we got the time, to take a detour and visit some local temples on our way back. And so we were off towards the Shibao Mountain temples.
Who did we met on our way back down to Sindeng if not "the lost brother" from yesterday.
Our stay in the village was so tranquil. We walked around for a bit, but mostly drank tea and hanged out with the family.
Since we couldn't remember the actual name of the village, we decided to name it ourselves. There were about 40 families or so living there and all of them made a living out of gathering mushroom in the forrest. That meant we had between seven and ten different sorts of mushrooms for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Finally we arrived to the lovely village. By the time we had started to settle in at our guide's and his familys home, he all of a sudden waved goodbye. He had some errends to do back down in Sindeng and began his multi hour journey back, whooah that's impressive.
