Dali

China Leg 3 - Kunming to Tibet

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November 22nd 2007
Hello all, this is our final blog from China. In the last few weeks we have had an amazing time travelling through South-Western China and Tibet. Our first port of call after Guilin was the city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. When we arrived it was a bit of a shock to the system as it had suddenly become cold and was no longer T-shirt and shorts weather. We used Kunming as a stopover, en-route ... read more

Asia » China

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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