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Published: April 24th 2008
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drippingham goes east
WHAT ?? Never heard about drippingham, the world's best rock band from Cologne, check out www.drippingham.com immediately !! While my beloved band and buddies back home keep on rocking, I try hard to find some music enlightment. Sound samples and tour dates soon ... Folks, Friends, Family ... how are you doing ? Hope everybody is doing well and the approaching spring will spoil you with its first warm sunbeams. Well, depends on which part of the earth you are right now 😊
After 2 weeks in China and some heavy duty city experiences we decided to take a closer look to what China can offer in the beautiful countryside.
We choosed Yunnan, started in the capital Kunming and keep crawling north, via Dali, Lijang, Tiger Leaping Gorge and finally Zhongdian. Since we are already very close to the Tibetan border we might be able to sneak into Tibet ... pls dunnot spread the info, it's certainly top secret. The reason is ... after watching some chinese news on tv we are wondering what's really happening beyond the border. We have a tiny suspect that the reports are slightly filtered.
Nevermind ... Yunnan is enchanted with pure beauty, the more you penetrate the countryside the friendlier and curious the people are.
Another adventureous trek is waiting for us tomorrow in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, 3900m above sea level. Yunnan has variuos ethnical minorities, some has their roots in Tibet, some other in Myanmar (formerly Burma).
Guess what ...
Yeah, before getting completely bankrupt it was again time to find myself a new job. Conductor on the train route Xi'an to Kunming. First, passengers didn't take me serious, after I kicked some butts out of the train, my new role were very well accepted. Plenty of tribes settled down a while ago, giving Yunnan its strong diverse character. We intend to stay one more week in China, still heavily struggling with the language barrier and other small issues. At the end of the day China impresses us a lot, although there might be some room for improvement here and there ...
Ok ok, my two cents, don't take it too serious. Irina and myself wishes you guys the best of luck, stay happy, healthy ... take good care.
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Holger
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Groß
Ihr Lieben! Die Photos und Stories sind, wie immer, groß groß groß! Gerne täte ich mit Euch tauschen! Liebe Grüße aus dem april-warm-sonnigen Köln, Peace, Holger!