The Green Lake Park at night

Traveling in Yunnan

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November 2nd 2014
Kunming 'How dare you?', I think. Someone behind me is rasping fiercely their throat. All at a sudden the peaceful quietness of the 1200 years old Zen Buddhist Yuantong temple is broken. How dare you?, is on my lips, while I turn around, expecting to see an on old unshaven man with a surplus of nicotine and saliva around his lips. But it is a young lady on high heels. Then I realize rasp ... 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