Thirty hours...that is the amount of time it took for us to make it from Northern China to Southern China. It was a trip of trains, planes, and buses. We took a train from Hohhot to Beijing which was a major change from our other train experiences: the train was very clean, everyone was very orderly, and they were decked out in Olympic insignia. The 11 hours went very quickly, but without much sleep. We arrived in Beijing early in the morning and with some help and some practice on our Chinese we found the right buses and directions to get to the airport. It seems like our Father blesses our travels with putting people in our paths to help. The city is doing the final things to prepare for the big day--8-8-08 and the Olympics. There is security everywhere and it is super clean and beautiful. The plane ride was very nice and fun to see over China. We arrived in Kunming after 3 hours and were able to meet many people in our travels to the bus station. We had lots of help and practice and we got on a bus to Heqing our student's hometown. The bus driver told us we would arrive by 10 pm, so we wrote to our friend and a little while later our phone went dead. You can guess what happened. We traveled and traveled stopping along the way to eat and do other things, but it became ten and we were still very far away and could not write to our friend. It turned out that we arrived in little Heqing at a little past midnight and our friend was gone. We got a hotel room and called him and now we are enjoying spending time with him. We saw a few of the villages nearby and tomorrow are traveling to Lijiang a famous city nearby. Most of the people in his area are from the Bai minority so their dress is quite beautiful. If you can keep them and our friend in your thoughts during our week of travels with him we would be thankful. We wish you many blessings in all of your work, travels, and life moments. May the creator have his will over all you do.