Rice Paddies

Dali and Ji Zhu Sheng

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July 8th 2012
Getting from Kunming to Dali via bus (you can also fly pretty cheaply) requires some blind trust and a willingness to avoid questioning the local system. Mike, Cindy, and I bought the tickets the day before after wandering around a small bus station near the middle of the city and eventually following a tout who said he could get us tickets. He did, indeed, have a storefront, so we felt comfortabl ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Dali

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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