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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[It was day two in Kunming, and the rain had eased up. I walked around the streets of the old town area, looking for somewhere to try one of the famous local dishes (过桥米线 - Cross the Bridge Noodles), and building up the courage to cross my own, internal bridge - making myself walk into a restaurant and order something in my extremely nervous Mandarin.&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; data-header=&#34;true&#34; data-footer=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54770682434/in/album-72177720328885474/&#34; title=&#34;IMG6712.jpg&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54770682434a651b62be4z.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;480&#34; alt=&#34;3 layers of plates containing assorted vegetables, slices of meat, and two eggs, waiting to be poured into a large bowl of noodles.&#34;//ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;A bit of wandering and AMap&#39;ing later, I found myself seated at the back of a restaurant, which was just as well - as soon as I&#39;d ordered, my nose suddenly erupted with blood, and I spent about 15 minutes waiting for it to stop before I could eat.&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; data-header=&#34;true&#34; data-footer=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54770690343/in/album-72177720328885474&#34; title=&#34;a large bowl of rice noodles in a yellow broth, with a large wooden spoon and chopsticks. some meat and vegetables are visible around the top and left of the bowl.&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54770690343ab9d4d0c3ez.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;480&#34; alt=&#34;IMG6717.jpg&#34;//ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;The bowl was huge - I found myself cursing my aging body that just doesn&#39;t have the inner space for food that it once did, but it really hit the spot. Lovely rice noodles, flavourful broth, and a tiny amount of regret that I&#39;d let the waitress talk me into ordering some &#34;side dishes&#34; that turned out not to be side-dish-sized. Oops.&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; data-header=&#34;true&#34; data-footer=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54769606697/in/album-72177720328885474/&#34; title=&#34;a selfie of me (Cos) with my large bowl of noodles.&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54769606697bdcc58780cz.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;480&#34; alt=&#34;IMG6719.jpg&#34;//ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;Full, happy, and a bit short of blood, I wandered back out into the streets of the Land of Mushrooms, and walked until I was tired. Nothing makes me happier than the chance to wander a brand new (to me) city.&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; data-header=&#34;true&#34; data-footer=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54770682979/in/album-72177720328885474/&#34; title=&#34;five baskets of mushrooms for sale in a street market, with signs in Chinese explaining what they are.&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54770682979771619712fz.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;480&#34; alt=&#34;IMG6722.jpg&#34;//ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;#travel #China #August #Kunming #昆明 #Yunnan #云南 #food #过桥米线&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p class=&#34;sig&#34;This was a post from a href=&#34;https://andrew.j.cosgriff.name/&#34;Cos/a./p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p class=&#34;sig&#34;You can follow this blog on the Fediverse at code@cos@apintandaparma.club/code or a href=&#34;https://apintandaparma.club/cos/feed&#34;subscribe in your RSS reader/a./p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was day two in Kunming, and the rain had eased up. I walked around the streets of the old town area, looking for somewhere to try one of the famous local dishes (过桥米线 – Cross the Bridge Noodles), and building up the courage to cross my own, internal bridge – making myself walk into a restaurant and order something in my extremely nervous Mandarin.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54770682434/in/album-72177720328885474/" title="IMG_6712.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54770682434_a651b62be4_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="3 layers of plates containing assorted vegetables, slices of meat, and two eggs, waiting to be poured into a large bowl of noodles."/></a></p>

<p>A bit of wandering and <em>AMap</em>&#39;ing later, I found myself seated at the back of a restaurant, which was just as well – as soon as I&#39;d ordered, my nose suddenly erupted with blood, and I spent about 15 minutes waiting for it to stop before I could eat.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54770690343/in/album-72177720328885474" title="a large bowl of rice noodles in a yellow broth, with a large wooden spoon and chopsticks. some meat and vegetables are visible around the top and left of the bowl." rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54770690343_ab9d4d0c3e_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="IMG_6717.jpg"/></a></p>

<p>The bowl was <em>huge</em> – I found myself cursing my aging body that just doesn&#39;t have the inner space for food that it once did, but it really hit the spot. Lovely rice noodles, flavourful broth, and a tiny amount of regret that I&#39;d let the waitress talk me into ordering some “side dishes” that turned out not to be side-dish-sized. Oops.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54769606697/in/album-72177720328885474/" title="a selfie of me (Cos) with my large bowl of noodles." rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54769606697_bdcc58780c_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="IMG_6719.jpg"/></a></p>

<p>Full, happy, and a bit short of blood, I wandered back out into the streets of the Land of Mushrooms, and walked until I was tired. Nothing makes me happier than the chance to wander a brand new (to me) city.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/54770682979/in/album-72177720328885474/" title="five baskets of mushrooms for sale in a street market, with signs in Chinese explaining what they are." rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54770682979_771619712f_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="IMG_6722.jpg"/></a></p>

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