Xiancheng to Litang

the next day was a shorted 4.5hr ride. we hiered a minivan with a few other travelers since the bus didn;t leave that day (or the previuous day). since we gathered all the tourists in town, this is how we know how meany travelers do this route a day - 6! the ride was very high with a pass of 4800m (!)

out of Yunnan via the "backdoor"

May 22nd 2006
hi we will try to catch up the blog after being in the remote parts of Yunnan and Sichuan for almost a week. we will let the pictures do the describing and the commentary will be on stuff you cannot see. China is a culinary experience. let us describe what we eat in the last 5 days: Day I: * some crackers for bfast. * 3 cookies for lunch * for 1USD each we had local f ... read more

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