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201109 Exploration Trip to Southeastern Yunnan with Mr. Kees van Maanen & Party |
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Mr. Kees van Maanen and his group, total 13 persons from Holland, took an exploration tour in Southeastern Yunnan, they started from Kunming, first all the way in the east to Luoping via Stone Forest, then turned into south, along border of Yunnan to the quite remote corner which is connected with Vietnam, finally back in north, via Yuanyang and Honghe areas, returned Kunming. It's a pretty long trip, 12 days was spent on the way, and the route was quite unbeaten, we visited many local ethnic markets, where people were still very simple and shy. Sometimes weather's very nasty, sometimes roads were very mountainous and zigzag, sometimes restaurant was very simple and accommodation was so basic...but group members were in high spirit all the way, as pioneers, they surely knew, those were parts of their adventure! |
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September 13, 2011 - September 24, 2011 |
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| Stone Forest, famous tourism attraction of Kunming | In a honeybee farm around Luoping | |
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| In a village of Buyi ethnic minority near Luoping | Visit to a Buyi family in the village | |
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| In a village of Buly ethnic minority near Luoping | In Duoyihe Park, Buyi's traditional life is demonstrated | |
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| Nine-dragon Waterfall near Luoping | On top of Jinji Mountain for sunrise view | |
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| A small local market on the way | Visit to a village of Zhuang ethnic minority | |
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| Relaxing boating in the lake of Puzhehei | Double Dragon Bridge in Jianshui | |
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| We stayed in Zhu Family Garden, built 100 years ago | In the market of Jinping, a lot of Yao people | |
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| Different branch of Yao, near Vietnamese border | A lively and colorful market on Vietnamese border | |
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| In the market of Niujiaozhai, quite many Hani people | Different branch of Hani women near Shenchun | |
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| Hiking across the vastest rice terrace area of Yuanyang | We passed by some villages of Hani and Yi | |
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| Zhuang Village, a lot of traditional buildings remained | Different branch of Yi people, in very colorful costumes | |
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| In a small but very colorful market near Nansha | Enjoying nice view of rice terraces in the valley | |
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| Nice golden terraces, the color for harvest | Yuanjiang, a small town lying beside Honghe River |
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RELATED TOUR.....to be customized. |