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Spring Break Travels in Yunnan - part 2 - Dali/Lijiang

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February 13th 2011
Hmmm...sequels are always a bit of a disappointment, so I'll keep this brief and to the point. We left Kunming and headed to Dali by bus. Spent a few days hanging out at a lovely guest house run by an Australian guy called Dave. I did a lot of watching films n sitting in the sunny courtyard hacking up gunk and sneezing a lot. It was, and still is, Chinese New Year here (it seems to go on forever! ... read more

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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