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19 May 2011

Book Review: Yunnan, China South of the Clouds, by Jim Goodman, *****

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Buddhist monastery in Yunnan Synopsis Wedged between Tibet and the exotic lands of Southeast Asia, Yunnan Province is one of the lea...
15 May 2011

Film review: The Big Blue (1988), by Luc Besson, ***

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Synopsis Enzo and Jacques have known each other for a long time. Their friendship started in their childhood days in the Mediterranean. Th...
08 May 2011

Book Review: Yunnan, by Stephen Mansfield, ****

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Yunnan mountains and temple Synopsis Located in southwest China, this geographically and ethnically diverse region is the centre of a ...
07 May 2011

14. - 7 MAY: Fly back to Italy via Chengdu and Amsterdam End of the trip.

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I come away from China impressed, even awestruck. Despite my strong misgivings about the politics of the country, I must recognize that the ...
06 May 2011

13. - 6 MAY: Drive to Wuhan, Yellow Crane

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I visited the Yellow Crane Tower today after our flight from Yichang to Chengdu was cancelled and we had to come to Wuhan to catch a plan...
05 May 2011

12. - 5 MAY: Three Gorges Dam: Disembarkation and brief visit of Yichang

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Today we get to actually walk on the largest dam in the world by capacity (the second after Itaipu by production of electricity), it is m...
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04 May 2011

11. - 4 MAY: Cruise on the Yangtse:

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The highlight of an otherwise quiet day is the Shennong stream cruise. We leave our ship for a ride on a smaller ferry up the Shennong rive...
03 May 2011

10. - 3 MAY: Cruise on the Yangtse: Shibaozhai

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map of our cruise on the yangtse, click here to view in full size Peaceful day of cruising down the river. The most meaningful part ...
02 May 2011

9. - 2 MAY: Dazu, legend of the country girl; board ship for Yangtse cruise

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The highlight today is another Unesco WHS: the Dazu rock carvings  dating from the 9th to the 13th century of our era.. I won't take tim...
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01 May 2011

8. - 1 MAY: Kunming Western mountains, flight to Chongqing

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Morning to the Western Mountains , it’s May 1st, officially Workers' Day in China, so EVERYONE is out enjoying the sunshine and the cit...
30 April 2011

7. - 30 APR: Flight to Kunming, Shilin stone forest

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A two-hour flight delay screws up our schedule a bit... Anyway we get to Kunming and head of to the Shilin stone forest. Shilin actually mea...
29 April 2011

6. - 29 APR: Shangri-la, lake Bitahai, Shudu and visit of town, shopping

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Lake Bitahai In the morning we make a trip to lake Bitahai , the highest in Yunnan at 3500msl. Nice walk along the river, abou three kil...
28 April 2011

5. - 28 APR: Drive to Shangri-la, via leaping Tiger gorge, Tibetan villages

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We leave Lijiang for a drive north, toward the Himalaya. At the Yangtse we cross the “border” between Yunnan and the Shangri-la (formerly Zh...

Recensione: Benvenuti nel paese delle donne, di Francesca Rosati Freeman, ****

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A sud delle nuvole Sinossi Un viaggio straordinario 'a sud delle nuvole', alla scoperta di Nu Guo, il paese delle donne. Qui a...

Book Review/Recensione: Leaving Mother Lake, by Namu and Christine Mathieu, *****

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Recensione italiana di seguito Synopsis The Tibetans refer to Moso country as "The Country of Daughters" because of their uniq...