Mood: Cheery
Music: Some random Chinese music with lots of strings on in the hotel
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Today started bright and early when I woke up hearing next door's alarm clock (6:30am). I was up and about by 7 and had time to take some photos of the lake on which the hotel is situated. After that I had time for a buffet chinese breakfast and then was met by my guide / driver.
Today's destination (Lugu Lake) was 300km away by car and it was going to take us a good 7 or 8 hours to cover that ground. The roads were rough, to say the least, and the little VW Polo was bouncing around at times. Although there was lots of overtaking today it was a lot more controlled than my last drive.
Soon the trucks we were passing changed into tractors and for a small while horse driven carts as we drove deeper into the countryside. The terrain was still steep clay hills and mountains but in each valley people were tending the soil, at times I saw large water buffolo pulling ploughs. Just as you might expect in images of such places. The landscape was quite a bit browner than I'd imagined. Mostly because it's the start of spring and everything has just been plowed.
We stopped for lunch in the only small town we passed through and I ate Gong Bao Dou Ding (Kung Po Pork Cubes) with rice and a couple of other vegetable dishes. The food was good and really rather cheap.
After a little more driving we came upon the lake. My hotel is situated on a very small peninsular connected to the land by a thin spit, On the is are a number of small hotels, each with 6 or 8 rooms. All of these face out onto the lake. My room has a balcony that sticks slightly over the lake.
I've been told that the sun rises facing the rooms, I'll let you know / see tomorrow if that's the case.
I'm going to leave it here for today, I'll spare a brief mention for the American / German couple who kindly ordered food in the restaurant next door, as they speak Chinese. We also ended up chatting for a large protion of the evening.
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