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The Bai - Les Bai

The Bai - numbering 1.5 million inhabitants - are Yunnan's second largest ethnic minority. They reside around Dali, Erhai and Lijiang. The Bai are thought to have settled in the area some 3,000 years ago. In the early 8th century they grouped together...

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3 avril 2006

A scary experience - DAY 5 - Quelques frayeurs

We wake up early, as we have some plans for this day. It should be only 2 hours walk before we reach Walnut Garden, that is said to be very nice. But this day will not go as planned... The trek is superb with still some great views over the gorge. We...

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2 avril 2006

Tiger Leaping Gorge - DAY 4

We wake up early to catch a bus that will bring us to one of the most fascinating places of this region: the Tiger Leaping Gorge. This Gorge is the deepest in the world with the Yantze river surging between the Mt Yulong (5596 m) and Mt Haba (5396 m)....

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1 avril 2006

Jade Dragon Snow Moutain - DAY 3 - La Montagne du Dragon de Jade

Thirty five kilometres north of Lijiang lies the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Xueshan) also known as Mt Satseto. We rent a taxi for the day and leave Lijiang to a little village: Yulong Si. Once there, we start negotiating the price for renting the...

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31 mars 2006

Baisha and Lijiang - DAY 2

The streams that trickle through Dayan emanate from the Black Dragon Pool, less than a kilometre north. Because the water here is a lucid green colour, it is also known as the Jade Spring and has been a public park since the Ming Dynasty. The Deyue Pavilion...

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30 mars 2006

The Naxi - Les Naxi

The Naxi is an ethny of the Tibeto-Burmese family that migrated out of the highlands of Eastern Tibet into Lijiang. The Naxi culture is influenced both by Hans and Tibetans. Native religion was based around the ritual specialist called the Dongba, a kind...

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29 mars 2006

Lijiang - DAY 1

This is our first day in China. We have arrived to Lijiang, a real gem in Northen Yunnan. Recently declared World Heritage Site by Unesco, the old Naxi city - called Dayan - is a well preserved traditional town with the snow peaks of Jade Dragon Snow...

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28 mars 2006

An introduction to Yunnan / Présentation du Yunnan

Yunnan is the other China, the periphery, the borderlands where civilisations blend, peoples of different origins mix and Chinese influence is attenuated. In all China, no province can boast of as much diversity and attractions - physical, cultural and...

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27 mars 2006

More on China / La Chine, encore

We're now back to Goma. It feels great being home again. Quite another world from where we come from. With all those souvenirs in our minds, we would like to share more with you about this whole experience in the Middle Kingdom. So we've decided to rewrite...

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24 mars 2006

China in numbers - La Chine en chiffres

"When the great China will wake up, the whole world will quiver" These words uttered by Mao Zedong have never been so true. It is no doubt today that China is wide awake and that world powers are quivering. This is happening Chinese style: discreetly,...

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