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  14 Jan Breakfast conversation:

  Hi there. Here is my first contribution:

  … unfortunately due to my haste to get into Tibet in my last update I rushed from Shangri -La to Chengdu without elaborating much about the towns in between. The main reason for this though was because I could not find much of interest to see or do in Daocheng, Litang or Kangding. They were just stopover towns on my journey to Chengdu.



Location

 ... Vietnam was astonishing and the ladies unforgettable. I would've liked to have stayed a week longer as planned but China, and especially the bereaucratically entangled Tibet, beckoned. Getting across the Lao Cai - Hekou border was easier than anticipated, except for the heat and my excessive perspiring and body odour.



Location

 Ni Hao  

                

  .. got to the Laos border with no local currency at all. It's always wise to have just a little for contingencies. I was fortunate I didn't need any. Some of the other backpackers on the bus had a problem with the imigration authorities though. They had hoped to withdraw U.S $ at an ATM but didn't get to.