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Yunan 2014

One of the more far-flung provinces of China with majority of it in high altitude (hence the "cloud" in its name). More details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan

Trivia from our tour guide, Yunnan had produced very few imperial scholars because of its proximity from the imperial capital - nerds can't take the long travel and those who can aren't einsteins.
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    the orange tint in the sky gets stronger as we move towards sunset
    Dali (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dali_City) - I'm sure Dali will sound familiar to those who are versed in Jin Yong's works (esp 天龙八部). Of the legendary 一阳指 to 神仙姐姐, sadly, I've not seen traces of those... sadded. The old town's quite charming though, less crowded than Lijiang and more rustic.
    The indigenous people of Dali are mainly up of the Bai and Yi tribes (fyi, Duan Yu is from the Bai tribe). They look the same as everyone else lehz