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This blog follows the travels of the Turberfield family as they drop out of the normal busyness of corporate life to explore the ancient art of Tibetan Thangka, the dusty mountaintop temples of the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau and travel overland from Singapore to England.

Offering to The Spiritual Guide in a lofty gompa perched above the natural fort of Dongwan valley, weekly trips to Shangri La's unpredictable shower rooms, keeping the cows out of the bins, scaling sacred Mount Shika, haggling for pu-er in the tea markets of Kunming and the nightly wonder of the milky way - possibly as far as it's possible to get from the subway at rush hour....

The main contributors are Michelle (also widely known as "The Boss") and David with bits and pieces from San San and Jon Jon. We hope you enjoy and look forward to your comments.

Sunday, 13 March 2011

From Udomxai to China

Early this morning, we woke the sleepy children and walked to the bus station to catch the 7 hours journey to China.

A dusty looking mini bus greeted us. We hurled our backpacks onto the roof of the bus. The bus was packed with mainly Chinese and Laos trying to get home.

We were a bit worried how this journey was going to end up. The children both had stomach bugs so we had episodes of diarrheas and vomitings. We had to delay our move twice.

Fortunately, the journey passed quickly bringing us through bumpy, dusty, windy road over beautiful mountains with beautiful blossoms and wooden houses on stilt.

We said our goodbyes to Laos at the immigration office which is just a wooden hut.

Thank you to the hospitality of the Laos people. Being one of the poorest country, your welcome has been warm and sincere.




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Location:Mengla, China

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