Back in China...
June 16th 2008 From Mohan, on the border with Laos it was an easy bus ride of about 4 hours to Jinghong the capital city of what is called the Xishuangbanna region of southern Yunnan province.
The name actually comes from Thai language: Sip Sawng Panna meaning 12 rice growing districts.
Remarkably for Chinese standards, only one third of Xishuangbanna's population consists of Han Chinese, splitti
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