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pdf version of this post with pictures Mengla was intended to be a just a brief stop over on the way to Laos I had rather low expectations after reading the description in the guidebook. The highlight is the road to the town about 50 km from the Chinese border with Laos. And the […] pdf version of this post with pictures Xishwangbanna is the region where China meets Southeast Asia. In the far south of Yunnan province the region hugs the Chinese border at the point where Laos and Burma meet. This area was long ruled by the Dai people, related to the Thais. A relation that is […] pdf version of this post with pictures As I prepare to leave Yuanyang behind me I must say I haven’t been disappointed. It was a great place to start out my trip. It was my first destination, the previous places really not being more of transit points. It’s been a little over a week […] pdf version of this post with pictures With the onset of the Chinese New Year I was planning on moving on from Yuanyang especially after my hotel owner informed me that he was shutting down for the Holiday and I had to leave. However, the bus to the next town I was heading was […] pdf version of this post with pictures I was out on a morning walk with no particular destination in mind which I find tends to work best here in Yuanyang. If I try to find something in particular I often fail but when I’m not looking for anything I invariably find something. This morning […] pdf version of this post with pictures Sitting atop a ridge in the mountains of southern Yunnan province lies the hill top town of Yuanyang. It’s about a seven hour bus ride south towards the Lao border from the provincial capital of Kunming, but it couldn’t be further from the metropolis of shinny new […] 2/5/2007 to 2/10/2007 | China pdf version with pictures It’s amazing how fast things are changing in China. Nowhere was I struck by the truth of that statement more than on my return to Guangzhou nearly eight years after I first visited the city. I recall writing the first time I was in Guangzhou that I couldn’t believe a […] | |||
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