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Spoils of War

One of the downsides of the festival is all the wet money.


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Blog: Happy New Year, Dai Style
Date: April 15th 2007

Last Day in Kunming

Ok, I couldn’t handle it, Kunming was simply too cold for me. Despite all my efforts I had failed to acclimatise and I needed to head to a warmer place. Coincidentally, XiShuangBanNa was going to be the center of the Dai new year festival within a few days, so after virtually no decision making process I had booked a bus ticket. Of course, the bus wasn’t leaving ... read more


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