Why KUNMING?

Picture taken by the road side.

One month ago, I was at Kunming for a voluntary trip on service learning. I experience so many different dialects and races till I cannot differentiate between them. Kunming is to rich in cultures and traditions thus I decided to choose Kunming as the place for my Tourism, Culture and Society individual portfolio. 

Display of hamsters (above) and 
tortoises (below) for sale

In Kunming, over at 花鸟市场 I experience things I have never seen in Singapore, such as way they display their little hamsters, tortoises and snakes for sale.

Mixtures of yellow and green snakes.

Night life in Kunming

Breakfast

We also went to the city area at night and we saw some people singing on the street as a form of entertainment for the rest of the people. We have it in Singapore too. However, in Kunming, the group is much bigger and they are mainly youngsters.

This is one of the breakfast we ate during our stay Kunming. Simple and cheap yet filling.

 Another thing that I have realized is there are very little baby trams around Kunming. Parents or guardian usually carry them or let them walk by themselves unlike Singapore, a place where baby trams is seen everywhere. The picture on the right is a photo I have taken on the streets when I had that realization. 

From this observation, I got to understand the difference between the independence level of a Singaporean child and a child who lives in China. These children from China have been trained since young to walk on the streets by themselves whereas in the same age but in a environment that is more peaceful and safe, Singapore children still have to sit in trams while on the streets.