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... with some close friends for a week in Hong Kong, then fly to Shanghai and the next two weeks we'll travel by train to Huang Shan to climb Yellow Mountain and we'll then travel 20hr by train to Beijing. On the 14th March we fly to Barcelona for a week ...
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Shan New Year Festival in Hsipaw
A Travel Blog entry by umineko from Hsipaw, Northern Shan State, Myanmar
These photos are festival scene of Shan New Year in Hsipaw, where is one of the centre town for Shan ethnic ...
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Palaung woman and kid
A Travel Blog entry by umineko from Laokaochai, Laukai District, Northern Shan State, Myanmar
In Shan State, there are many ethnic groups such as Shan, Kachin, Palaung, Wa, Lishaw, Myao, Lahu, Kokang-Chinese and so on. This is a Palaung woman and kid in Laokaochai village, Laukai District, where is still restrict area for foreign tourist, because ...
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Trek - Day 2
A Travel Blog entry by peacefrog from Shan State, Myanmar
... each time discovering a new world of fields, rice paddies, mountains. Fruit and vegetable agriculture is extensively developped in the Shan State, covering nearly all hill and mountain slopes. In fields already harvested, plowing was under way with water ...
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Deep in the Shan State
A Travel Blog entry by cameroninsea from Kyaingtong, Myanmar
... to be independent after the British left, but that all ended when Burma's government turned into a military dictatorship. The eastern Shan state is also a hotbed of opium production. After asking various travel agents in Nyuangshwe, as well as the ...
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Too Many Temples N Begging Monks on Wutai Shan
A Travel Blog entry by eddakath from Wutai Shan, China
... Region, Shanxi Province. It is rated on both the list of the first group of national scenic spots designated by the State Council, and the list of the Top 10 scenic spots in Shanxi Province. It is as famous as Mt.Emeishan in Sichuan Province, ...
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Fujian's Wuyi Shan - My Second Days Adventures
A Travel Blog entry by eddakath from Wuyi Shan, Fujian, China
... in 1147 during the Song Dynasty, it was originally a Memorial Hall for Master Pingshan paying homage to Liu Zihui who was the Master of Qi State. Later it was used also to pay homage to Zhu Xi and Liu Fu (who they are I have no idea!) and this is ...
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Climbing Hua Shan
A Travel Blog entry by elissabeth417 from Hua Shan, China
... 't see much other than those peaks. By this pint in time, we had started walking with Wayne, a Chinese-American grad student at Ohio State (yes, I did try to tell him that I was a Badger, so he couldn't walk with us, but he ignored me). After the ...
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Hua Shan (trek # 3 - the hardest one)
A Travel Blog entry by jkrukewich from Hua shan, China
... better idea than hiking in the dark. all in all it was a great hike and felt like a great accomplishment to reach the summit! We are off to Beijing on an overnight train tonight. I'll update everyone of the state of Beijing tomorrow. see you ...
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Quick trip to Shan State with Scott
A Travel Blog entry by paul from Tachilek, Myanmar
... the pictures. More friendly people at the Pagoda and good views. We also met a Chin man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_State) who had great English and a great voice - he could have easily have read the news or done voice overs or something in ...
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Hsipaw and the Shan State
A Travel Blog entry by globetrippin from Hsipaw, Myanmar
... visited a monastery, then we saw some papaya and pinapple plantations. Afterwards we stopped in a little village and had our first Shan noodles. Delicious. Overall this trip was nice but it was the first time for a long time that we were doing a really ...
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Trek - Day 3
A Travel Blog entry by peacefrog from Shan State, Myanmar
Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ At 5am exactly, after having been utmostly silent in their getting up, the monks started singing. First the novices, then joined by the older monks, and it lasted for a while. At some point, some of ...
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Trek - Day 1
A Travel Blog entry by peacefrog from Shan State, Myanmar
Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ Cloudy morning. I bought a few things at the market and we left Kalaw shortly after 9. 2 hours walk to the first village, where we visited Palaw ethny and had tea at their house. We went through a ...
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Kachin State Capital
A Travel Blog entry by peacefrog from Myitkyina, Myanmar
... a majority from the Bama (Burmese) ethnie. They are called "states" when a minority forms the majority of the population (Shan State east of Mandalay, Kachin State in the north). The states seem to have some independance, and local armed movements are ...
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Carnival!!!
A Travel Blog entry by mikerbh from Salvador, Brazil
... up and got right in my face, clearly an eager invitation to fight. Not being the fighting type, I walked away with Shan (6'5" 250lbs), ignoring the guy. About 4 seconds later, out of nowhere, his fearless buddy, with a running start punched ...
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Shwe Inn Tha Floating Resort Inle Lake
Thalay Village, Nyaung Shwe, Shan State, Inle Lake, Myanmar
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