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Kunming - Stone Forest and Dynamic Yunnan

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October 28th 2009
This was our only full day in Kunming as we fly in yesterday afternoon and fly out early tomorrow morning for Lijiang. On today’s itinerary is approximately 2 hour bus ride to the famous Stone Forest. The Stone Forest is limestone pillars that can be as high as 30m and resembles a petrified forest. The area that is open to the tourist is quite large and our guide told us that it can take u ... 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