Terraces

De la rizière à l'assiette/From the paddy to the plate

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May 20th 2007
ENGLISH Our journey to Yuanyang in deep Yunnan took us through the meandering roads and valleys of Honghe prefecture and up into the hills. Our bus driver must have O.D.'ed on or something. After 5 hours our nerves were shot by a combination of incessant claxon use and erratic accelerating, swerving and blind bend overtaking. As a wise women once said "It was as if he was worried about missing ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Yuanyang

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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