Jinghong

Xishuangbanna

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November 25th 2008
From Lijiang we hopped on a 17 hour long overnight bus to Jinghong, which is located in the Xishuangbanna prefecture of the Yunnan province. Not the most comfortable ride but whatever. Just north of Myanmar and Laos, banna has become china's own mini-thailand, attracting tourists looking for sunshine and water-splashing festivals, hikers readying for epic jungle treks and pissed-off expats fleeing ... 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