Leaving Tiger Leaping Gorge

Yaks are an important part of life for those who live at high elevations, as cattle cannot survive in the cold mountains. In Lijiang, yaks have become part of the tourism, and you can buy yak jerky and yak yogurt. Try the yogurt, pass on the jerky. The Chinese call yaks "máoniú", which has the literal translation of "hair cow".

Yunnan Province :: Kunming and Tiger Leaping Gorge

February 20th 2010
Time and travels in Yunnan Province The good ol’ US of A, as we all know, makes regular use of time zones. Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, with their own special place in time, Within the ‘lower 48,’ people operate on four major time zones and all around the world a similar effort has been made to respect the traditional notion usually, but not always, the middle-of-the-sky-ish location of ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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