The Road to Lexiaguo

BECAUSE I'M GOOD ENOUGH, I'M SMART ENOUGH, AND DOGGONE IT, PEOPLE LIKE ME! - YUNAN, CHINA

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November 13th 2010
PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR! My last week in China has been a rather good / eventful one. The excitement started after my hike through the Tiger Leaping Gorge (pics in last entry) when an Israeli guy and a Dutch girl I hiked with asked if I wanted to go celebrate our safe return by grabbing a beer at one of the bars for Chinese tourists. These places all had crazy fog/light shows and wai ... 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