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Getting from Kunming to Jinghong to Luang Nam Tha!

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January 5th 2010
Ok, new to blogging here - I'll just try to describe my trip overland from Kunming to Bangkok, as it might benefit other travellers :-) I flew in from Xiamen to Kunming on the 4th of January, landed at 13.40 all ready and set to go. I'd heard a lot of conflicting information about where the bus station with buses going to Jinghong was, and I didn't really want to take a taxi there - so I ... 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