Where to begin?! Stats: Yunnan borders Burma to the west, Vietnam to the South, Guangxi to the east and Tibet and Sichuan to the north. Constant elevation - above 9000 feet. I flew with Karen (the taller) and my best friend in China- Ivy for a 10 day trip to Yunnan Province not knowing really what to expect. But boy oh boy... This is by far my favorite location in China (thus far - I intend on returning within 2 years). The whole duration we were at an elevation of no less that 9000 feet, surrounded by mountains with snow covered peaks (this trip was in June), lakes, rivers, forests and rice paddies. Our trip was divided into three parts: Lijiang, Shangri-La, and Dali each home to a different ethnic minority (Naxi, Tibetan, and Bai respectively)
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