XinJie - steep topography

The paddies with water have been plowed (or soon will be) in preparation for planting out with rice seedlings. The 'green' paddy's have been sown with rice as a nursery in order to 'lift' and 'replant' into the nearby paddies.

Yunnan #5 - From Laos to Vietnam via China: Episode 5

April 24th 2010
This is the 5th ‘episode’ of another of 'our' travels. All the ‘episodes’ describe our journey from our arrival in Vientiane (capital of Laos) in mid March 2010, through to our intention to 'arrive' in Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) at end April. This ‘episode’ describes our journey south from Jianshui to XinJie (Yunnan), and then into Vietnam. As always, if you want to ... 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

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