Too close for comfort

Narrow, curvy roads and large vehicles are a bad combination. This "accident" was quickly followed by loud discussion of both drivers, an amused entourage of onlookers who appear out of nowhere, and finally an agreement that the truck driver pays 500rmb ($75) restitution for scraping the antenna like mirrors of the bus.

Xishuangbanna na na....Hey, hey, ...Good bye. Na na na na.....

March 26th 2010
Well, yet another vacation adventure I wish I didn’t have to say “good bye” to. And this one was truly a bit of an adventure. Combine remote China amenities, a location within 70km of Burma, jungle and rain forest climes, along with most locals speaking only mandarin or local dialect and you can just begin to picture some of our challenges. But this, like all of our China adventures, coul ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Jinghong

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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