Red Yao

Jinping-Maande

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May 23rd 2005
23/05/05 Bus to MaAnDe doesn't show up untill 10 and wouldn't move on until 11. I was there before 8 as they told me last night that the bus will be here around 8. luckily still fitted into a seat on the back before it was packed...with people and their belongings. after almost a week on good road and today we travelled on this bumpy mountain road uphill, it was slow and uninteresting as we sto ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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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