On the 22nd of January, my lovely teammate and I boarded a plane for Kunming and met our third teammate there. She had been traveling with another team and we had a joy filled reunion in our hostel. We were fortunate to be staying downtown, right near a lovely walking street. We were so blessed to meet another teacher from our organization who spoke fantastic Chinese and was a great help to us. We took a long walk and found some donuts for breakfast. After finding some children skating in a park and some older people enjoying the sun under the shadow of a pagoda, we went to the store and made peanut butter and banana sandwiches at our hostel for lunch.
The weather being absolutely perfect, we sat outside and soaked up the sun all afternoon. My teammates got a sunburn on one side of their face and we met a sweet Chinese boy who played ping pong with us and who allowed our friend to christen him with his English name: Toby. Ten years old, he was fantastic with a yoyo and with the ping pong paddle. Kunming was restful and beautiful and we were excited for the next leg of our journey.
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