Monastery in Shangri-la

Happy birthday Alex! -(Julie on the Yunnan trip)

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June 5th 2008
Well, we hit the ground running. That's all I can say. After 2 weeks of travel, Alex figured we had logged some 50 hours on buses, trains and planes. Our first stop was Kunming, the City of Eternal Spring. You know how in springtime, the weather is always a bit on the rainy side? Kunming was like that. After our 18 hour train ride from Guilin, which I thought was fantastic, we dumped our stuff ... 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