Woke up at 5:30am today as I had a bus to catch at 8:30am. My plan for these few days is to head to Dong Chuan Red Lands and stay there for two nights. And so, I left my hostel at 6am. I was wanting to take a motorcycle ride to the nearby metro station but since there was none around, I walked over. It looked really far on the map but in reality, only took me about 20minutes. The train station at DongFeng GuangChang is really beautiful inside with a circular meeting area. It reminded me of the Beijing metro, with its clinical look and feel.
After a 30minute ride, I was at the Kunming North Bus Station. Ticketing was easy since I had already done ample research and knew which bus to take. I would have to take the bus heading to FaZhe but alight halfway outside my inn. And so, I asked the bus driver to drop me off at the correct location. As the bus headed across kunming, it started to fill up with passengers. Eventually, it left Kunming and travelled along the highways. The highways spanning across the countryside often meant having to traverse tall long bridges that linked mountains to mountains. The longest of these were 800m long and each looked equally perilous with the steep drop down that approximated 400-800m.
The entire ride from the bus station to the inn that I was supposed to arrive at took 4 hours, including a rest stop of 10 minutes along a dingy roadside stall and toilet.
Upon reaching the inn, I checked in immediately and found my room flooded with water. I had to request for another room and thankfully it was given without fuss. Lunch was a simple egg fried rice settled at the accompanying "restaurant". After lunch, I arranged for a driver and car to bring me around for the afternoon, plus the following morning and afternoon. The morning drives will include sunrise while the afternoon drives will include sunset.
Turns out my driver was the inn owner's son. He drove me to many scenic places and waited for me while I explored the area with both my camera and my drone. Later in the afternoon, it started to rain. My driver spotted a rainbow as we drove on but he could not stop at that location as it would be dangerous. Such a pity, as a rainbow to accompany the colorful landform would be amazing! The rain lasted for quite a while and it also meant that there was no sunset to catch due to the thick cloud cover.
Back in the inn at about 7:30pm, I grabbed a simple meal of egg fried rice and shredded potatoes before returning to my room to spend the night.
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