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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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  • Night shots of Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming).

    Night shots of Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming).

  • 过桥米线, typical yunnan food (personally, interesting but not great)

    过桥米线, typical yunnan food (personally, interesting but not great)

  • Rou Chuan seller along the streets of Kunming

    Rou Chuan seller along the streets of Kunming

  • overview

    overview

  • Unesco site

    Unesco site

  • 不到石林,枉来昆明

    不到石林,枉来昆明

  • overlooking the stone forest

    overlooking the stone forest

  • lake and a pavillon, a must have in chinese culture

    lake and a pavillon, a must have in chinese culture

  • The local tribe (彝族) calls their yandao and chio bu 阿黑哥 (literally means black guy cause they believe good guy must work till chao tar in the sun) and 阿诗玛 respectively. This particular stone is the fixture of the forest - legend has it that this chio bu wait long long for her man till turn into stone (cause the mountain god cause her guy to be washed away by the river).

    The local tribe (彝族) calls their yandao and chio bu 阿黑哥 (literally means black guy cause they believe good guy must work till chao tar in the sun) and 阿诗玛 respectively. This particular stone is the fixture of the forest - legend has it that this chio bu wait long long for her man till turn into stone (cause the mountain god cause her guy to be washed away by the river).

  • Colorful vendors looking damn sleepy

    Colorful vendors looking damn sleepy

  • local 彝族 lady dressed up for photos

    local 彝族 lady dressed up for photos

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  • dun say shangri-la ulu, but kids will be kinds (check out the high-tech smart phones)

    dun say shangri-la ulu, but kids will be kinds (check out the high-tech smart phones)

  • traditional construction technique

    traditional construction technique

  • traditional garb of the local Naxi tribe

    traditional garb of the local Naxi tribe

  • real china men smoke

    real china men smoke

  • happy streets

    happy streets

  • to celebrate weddings, locals drive through town with a bucket of firecrackers cracking through town.

    to celebrate weddings, locals drive through town with a bucket of firecrackers cracking through town.

  • local dish, bareley and meat

    local dish, bareley and meat

  • Naxi roti prata / pizza

    Naxi roti prata / pizza

  • auntie ask whether we wanna makan....

    auntie ask whether we wanna makan....

  • Old town Shangri-la was largely burnt down in Jan this year. Loads of construction work going on when we were there

    Old town Shangri-la was largely burnt down in Jan this year. Loads of construction work going on when we were there

  • Due to the proximity to Tibet, the local culture has a strong Tibetian flavour. Tibetian prayer wheels and prayer flags en-route up Shika snow moutain

    Due to the proximity to Tibet, the local culture has a strong Tibetian flavour. Tibetian prayer wheels and prayer flags en-route up Shika snow moutain

  • autumn colors during cable car up the mountain

    autumn colors during cable car up the mountain

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    Naxi roti prata / pizza
    auntie ask whether we wanna makan....
    Old town Shangri-la was largely burnt down in Jan this year. Loads of construction work going on when we were there