Hallway at Jim's Tibetan Hotel

Dali Yunnan Province China II

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July 15th 2007
Dali is a very short flight from Kunming, only about 45 minutes in the air. On arrival at Dali airport all went smoothly until we found the taxi rank, in chaos, paralyzing the five taxis that were there. The problem was that two couples wanted to share one taxi into the city. This incensed the next taxi driver in line and he drove his cab forward to block the exit for all cabs. The shouting began ... 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