That very night, we started on our journey.
We arrived early in the morning in Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna, and followed the southward road for 3 hours until we arrived at Daluo Harbor.
After a night of rushing, I was feeling a bit tired.
Li Zhongnan lit a cigarette and took a firm drag to refresh his spirits. He stood amidst the bustling crowd of outbound travelers on the China-Myanmar street in Daluo: one fully loaded Iveco, Sea Lion minibuses, Daewoo, and Volvo Tourist Buses after another, waiting in the inspection queue. The port was always bustling with people.
Like them, he also had one destination: Mongla, the capital of the Myanmar Shan State Fourth Special Zone, a famous gambling city in Myanmar, which is just a few kilometers away from the border.
