goodbye China (at least for now) 3 pagodas, Dali

goodbye China (at least for now)

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November 12th 2007
well Tomorrow we get on a 27 hour sleeper bus bound for Luang Prabang, and it's goodbye China, at least for now. Kunming pulled out all the stops to entice me to stay. The weather's great, the air in this city is clear, there's great people around and a whole universe full of fantastic cheap street food. We met a very nice Chinese girl called Ju who told us we can save time and cash by takin ... 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