Twin Dragon bridge

New years in Yunnan! Kunming, Jianshui, and yuanyang rice terraces

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January 3rd 2011
We finally arrived in Kunming after passing through some rather lovely scenery, and then headed to cloudland, a lovely little hostel which had brilliant maps of the area and directions on where to go. That day we went to the 'flower and bird market' which in fact was an awesome street where we ate crickets and bought quite a few lil prezzies for home..including real authentic, 100% peanut, peanut ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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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