Home » China » China travel stories

China travel stories

China (7 Lijiang)

Lijiang I missed seeing some of the countryside by flying here but I consoled myself by thinking of how worn out I would have been if I had taken that rough two day bus ride over bad roads. Lijian...

China (6 Menghun)

Menghun market There were different sub-groups of the Hani nationality at the market, some were calling themselves Akha wore a high, black head wrapping like this woman negotiating some vegetables...

Mengxian In most Dai villages, the beautiful wooden Dai houses that I love so much are being replaced by tile-faced brick houses, generally of the standard two-storied Chinese model. This new house...

China (4 Ganlanba)

Ganlanba About 45 kms downstream from Jinghong on the Mekong river lies the town of Ganlanba also known as Menghan. It is a typical Dai town with a few temples and a sizable market serving mostly t...

China (3 Jinghong)

Jinghong Getting here from Kunming took a long and rough 23 hour bus ride over bad roads. I shared a sleeper bus berth with a large elderly gentleman and frankly it was not comfortable. I took a lo...