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Travel Blogs from Meishan
Next city in mad day trip...
... city compared with Miangyang and it is a lot smaller. There was a field opposite the huge police centre where a small dirt road curved through a small collection of crops. A smal hut made out of what looked like mud and scrap metal sat nestled in amongst all of this. A washing line sported recently hung clothes and smoke billowed from the little chimney. There was no one in site except for a single motorbike/trailer that rumbled down the dirt road behind the house and out ...
Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
... school children being ferried across by old men under a rising sun. I experienced the cormorant fishermen in two distinct events. The first time was very early in the morning and I paid to go out by myself with a fisherman. Illusions aside the romance of the documentary doesn't exist anymore, but the echo of the tradition can still be heard and seen. I experienced what I believe is as close as you can get as a traveler to the experience as I ...
LOVING LHASA
... sight under blue skies and puffy white clouds. The inside is immense and littered with chapels, tombs, statuary, and a grand meeting hall. One tomb alone had over 5000 kilos of solid gold on it-- ...
Enjoying Meishan / Introduction Bunun tribe
... since their childhood. Hunting is regarded a sacred activity and there are alot of hunting taboos. For example, one is not allowed to join the hunting expedition when there is pregnancy, a newborn or death in the family. During the hunting period the hunters family must obay all the taboos and females are especially not allowed to touch hunting tools. The leader of the hunting team will give the prey to the members according to their contribution. the ...
Hot springs and waterfalls on way to Meishan
... are organized as Matriarchate. Still also Bunun women can after marriage use their family name in front of their husband's family name. We want to eat here and Tsai Chin knows a Bunun restaurant which got several prices for their cooking. To our disappointment this and all other restaurants are closed. Later we learn the reason from some people who are BBQing - the village does not have water for the past four days because a pipe has been destroyed by a ...