The Gorge the Tiger Leapt 10,000 flower Camellia

This tree, over 500 years old, is not one, but 2 camellias twined together in the 1400s. So important was this tree that during all the troubles when the communist regime took over a monk used his own water rations to keep the tree alive. Would you do that today? He must have lived on something as we saw him there on our visit. A beautiful tree.

The Gorge the Tiger Leapt

March 14th 2006
Not quite, but the Chinese do have some fanciful names. So now that we finally are in our own place and have the internet (at last1) I can resume the tale of our travels. I left you in China in Lijang. This is where we'll briefly resume before showing you the picturesque Tiger Leaping Gorge. This has just taken me 2 hours (those pics take an age to load - so you'll have to wait for the next ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Zhongdian

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

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