Kunming

Stone Forest

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August 30th 2010
I only went to Kunming to get a train out of the area. I stayed for a few days anyway. When I first got to my hostel, after I had just sat down in the bar area, a cat came up to me and I showed it my empty hand to let it know I didn't have any food. That is when it turned carnivorous and took a bite of my thumb. I knew I should have gone with my first instinct and kicked it, but you have to be car ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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