Cheeky Chappie in Green lake park

The beauty of a tiny pocket of China

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September 20th 2008
We’ve been in Kunming for 3 weeks now and I think that I can say that we’ve seen a lot. I thought I’d give you a quick over view of what we’ve seen before we leave for Guilin tomorrow. If you'd like to see 2 parents and 2 kids on the same moped driving at high speed across a crossing (supposedly for humans), then we’ve got it here, or if you want to see a live chicken in a string bag ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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