Torch festival in Dali

Fun with flames and a gorge of leaping tigers

August 28th 2008
I'm currently in Chengdu, Sichuan province, after spending about a week in and around Yangshuo admiring karst peaks and educating myself on the differences between various Chinese local beers. The train ride here from Yangshuo (Guanxi province) took almost 24 hours, but like most Chinese trains, it was actually remarkably comfortable and I even managed to get a good nights sleep. I started writ ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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After a few years of the daily grind, I quit my job, bought a few plane tickets and set off around the world. After a 46 hour flight from Amsterdam - Auckland (with layovers), I arrived in New Zealand, where I spent two weeks. I then flew to Bangkok, and spent the next three months or so making my way through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. I walked accross the Chinese border in July 2008, with six weeks left until my flight home from Shanghai. Those six weeks were of course never going to be enough, and I have still never been to Shanghai... I decided to let my ticket expire and stay... full info

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