Whisky and the American
Trip Start
May 27, 2011
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Trip End
Dec 31, 2011
Kaili, Guizhou, China
Thursday, September 22, 2011
We don't get to Kaili until half six, with a change in Guiyang.
We passed the time playing cards in the restaurant cart until we were moved for the lunch hour rush.
Returning to our bunks, to write up blogs and nap until three, when we needed to change trains.
We pulled in and instead of exiting the station, just headed up through the "No admittance" stairwell and spotted our next trains number and went down to the platform.
It wasn't long before we got underway and after another two hours we pulled into Kaili. The train took a route through the hills, literally, the amount of tunnels was high and we were always overlooking some fantastic scenery and picturesque villages. Too bad we couldn't stop.
We jumped onto a bus into town and bought some credit to text our host.
He replied immediately but couldn't meet us for another two hours, so we decided to make the most of it.
We grabbed dinner in a local restaurant with the whole family coming down to chat to us and see where we were off to in Kaili.
After we chilled out in a coffee shop for Andy.
Just after nine, he arrived with his friend Trig and took us up to his flat. There was whisky doled out and we stayed chatting until the wee hours.
Great guy. With the peace corp. Volunteering, teacching english in a university. Very laid back, cool, interesting and full of information and advice. We covered a range of topics and he was always eager and able to tackle them . We told our crazy stories and sure couldn't he match them. He also helped plan out a route through these villages we were going to visit.
It was late when we decided to call it a night.
