The first bend of Yangtze-River

Mysterious trip through Lancan(Mekong River) and YangtZe -River

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January 16th 2014
The First Day: Lijiang---Stone Drum Town---Weixi November 28, 2013. We drove about 6 hours to Weixi, which is 180 km from Lijiang. Because we took lots of photos, we spent a long time on the journey. Weixi County is the national unique Lisu Autonomous County and is located in the southwest of Diqing, which is 237 km from Shangri-la. On the way, we stopped in Stone Drum Town and had lu ... read more

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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