Spider on web in the woods

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

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October 11th 2011
(Damenglong, Yunnan province) They say only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day tropical sun. Except for Kit, none of us are mad dogs so it is just after sunrise when we head out down the country lane leading out of this small town. We are happy to be in the countryside as the town itself has been taken over by Han Chinese road workers who have ripped up all the streets, presumably ... 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