Today we left our hotel for the Swallow Cave, which was a long drive from Yuanyang to Juanshui. We found ourselves entering a huge and massive cave much bigger and scarier than we thought. The native locals have a tradition of climbing the walls of the cave without ropes each year, which is about 45m. [...]
Hongmantian Hotel Stay
November 2nd, 2009 by adminSunset over the rice terraces
October 30th, 2009 by adminThis morning we embarked on our longest car journey so far, we went all the way from Mile to Yuanyang. The drive took us up around 3000m again and through many small farming villages. Every inch of land is farmed through the mountains, including tobacco, vinyards and of course rice.
Our journey took us up [...]
Stone Forest and The Hot Springs
October 30th, 2009 by adminThis morning we had an early flight to Kunming to see another one of the highlights of our trip. From the airport we met our local guide ‘Richard’, jumped in a car and headed for the Stone Forest.
The Stone Forest is essentially an under water mountain range that’s not under water anymore. It’s over [...]
Three Pagodas at Dali
October 29th, 2009 by adminToday saw us take a drive our to Dali, our next overnight stop. Here we visited the Three Pagodas, which turned out to be so much more than just the Pagodas. The Pagodas are and amazing sight as you pull up to them and a testiment to solid building surviving over 1000 years [...]
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