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Historic walking area, Park
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Hiking up the Western Hills
We woke up a little bit later than the day before and planned to visit the Western Hills. Before all that, we had breakfast at the Hump Hostel and then we went over to Carrefour to get some supplies. Jeff also took along his pants, in hopes of finding a tailor shop along the way to Carrefour. Luckily for him, we found a street tailor who's …
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Western Hill
Ráno mi probudil Nepálec, který se semnou rozloučil, protože pospíchal na letiště. Já se docela prospal Světlana prý kvůli hluku z ulice ani moc ne. Ráno jsme zabookovali přes net hostel v Lijiangu, nechali baťohy na recepci a získali informace o cestě na Western Hill, což je takový kopec nad místní …
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Weekends in Kunming
Entry containing 74 photos titled: Traditional ethnic minority footwear in museum, Some of the ethnic minority costumes in museum, Such vivid colors, More traditional dress from areas native groups, Cool writing screen at museum, Evelyn (H's teacher) and Lin (Vienna's teacher)
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Autobots, roll out.
... of the mountains and geological dips that characterize most of Yunnan. We spent a couple of days hiking up Xi Shan (the Western Hills) and exploring the hiking routes used by locals and Byron. A very puzzled Chinese man (dressed in a suit ...
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Sleeper Train
... to sleep. The next morning Ghang came for me after dropping his daughter off at Kindergarten and together we hiked up Xi Shan the Western Hills. It was nice to stretch the legs, have a local lunch in the village up top before landing at the bus station ...
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A Trip South to Kunming
... on my way. i helped our new friend set up at the hostel and then we decided to visit the Western Hills. Its a beautiful hillside with great views of Kunming and home to a mystical spot called the Dragon Gate(龙门). Most of the hike actually ...
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Kunming
... we met on the trans-Mongolian; Tom has been enjoying the bizarre nature of coincidence. Yesterday we went up onto the western hills outside of the city and wandered off the main path going round in circles and getting quite lost although the walking ...
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Kunming, our last city in China
... was a good night. Tobi took a day off and vegged. I went exploring with my buddies, John and Nic. The Western Hills of Kunming are actually small mountains with little temples carved into the sides. The statues and other carvings inside the temples ...
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It's warmer in Kunming??
... Western Hills, Green Lake Park, etc. The next day the weather improved a lot, so we upped and set off for the Western Hills. Really a good decision, as it was sunny all day and we even got back that evening with a sunburn. (Mental ...
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The rains keep coming in Kunming
... monk that designed this may have had some leaves in his tea that werent Jasmine. We also visited an area called Xi Shan (Western Hills) also known as Dragon Gate. We had a fantastically tasty breakfast here of big bowls of steaming tasty soup with ...
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Smokin', Spittin, and Slurpin'
... took a little day trip about 15 kilometers out of the city to Xi Shan Scenic Area. Xi Shan is a group of hills (Western Hills), combining to create a huge national park set along the banks of Dian Chi (Lake Dian). We took a series of buses ...
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Return to Kunming
After another looong bus trip we arrived back at the Camellia Hotel, Kunming. We (the group) decided to go to the Western Hills. We took two taxis. Ours made it and even went to the top to save us the 2 hour walk. However the ...
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Through the Dragon's Gate
... kind of way. The next day the weather returned to the sunny skies that we have enjoyed everyday and we rushed out to the Western Hills to walk up to Dragon's Gate and look out over the lake and the city of Kunming. Its a popular outing for ...
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