Naxi Gardens

Journey to the Northwest, Part One

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August 13th 2010
Kunming is located approximately in the middle of Yunnan province. It's a metropolis centered among the many popular tourist sites in the region, so I guess it is belatedly that I managed to venture out to see more of Yunnan. I finally got around to it when my mom was visiting: among the many options, we decided to go northwest. The first leg of our trip was a 45-minute flight to Lijiang. Fi ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Lijiang

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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