Small Villages

On the road, Kunming to Dali

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June 10th 2008
Woke up early to catch Bus 63 from opposite the Camelia Hotel to Central Bus station on Beijing Lu. Hitting the road for our 5 hour bus ride to Dali, we were excited to get out of town and see some of the countryside along this route. Took about an hour to get out of the city and into the countryside. It was amazingly lush and green and was dotted with little villages and rice paddies. Each vi ... 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