Jinghong @ Xisuangbanna

There is nothing super special about Jinghong, however if you've been working for a month with no days off in a dark room in Beijing, this might as well be Paris or Cape Town. This city and the surrounding area is about the opposite of most of the cities I've been to in China, my experience is mostly northern and kind of lacking perspective. A country's border can only define so much, and this city is close enough to Lao and Burma that it begins to melt together with them.

Lots of motorcycles

Queenies

Tonight I made it over to a restaurant called Queenie's on the edge between Darlinghurst and Surry Hills. I'm not sure where they came up with the name or what it actually indicates, but the style of the restaurant is Jamaican. The walls were covered will really random stuff, like this tiger with a pig on top of its head.

South American Food on Cleveland Street

After getting home tonight I decided to go out in the rain and find a place to eat out. I made my way to Crown street in Surrey Hills and walked the street to investigate my options. The restaurants ranged from Japanese to Indian food, and from high end diner to hole in the wall shack.

two Indian restaurants on Cleveland