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Yunnan Tengchong: Life at the Foot of the Mountain, the Smoke of the Mortal World At the end of 2014, I returned from overseas to visit family in China and, on a whim, decided to travel to Yunnan with a friend. We're both easygoing people…

A Memorable Journey, Gifted to You — A Wandering Tale of Lijiang, Lugu Lake, and Shangri-La Prologue: On Distant Lands, We Shall Meet Have you ever asked yourself why you set out? Two years ago, I stumbled upon a line from a travel diary called…

Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moonlight over Erhai Lake: Heading West to Dali — The Ultimate Guide to Shuanglang Weibo: goomguoguo | Dali Guesthouse: Fruit Tree Guesthouse Two years ago, I set foot on Dali's soil for the first time. By then, I had been drifting…

14 Days Around Yunnan: From Kunming to Yubeng, a Trek Through Paradise Prologue: Why Yubeng? Ask any hiking enthusiast about China's most worthwhile hidden gem, and nine times out of ten they'll tell you—Yubeng. The name means "a place where jewels gather" in Tibetan, and…

Dali: Finding Your Own Slow Time Amidst Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moonlight If I had to pick one phrase to describe Dali, "wind, flowers, snow, and moonlight" would be the most fitting—the wind of Xiaguan, the flowers of Shangguan, the snow of Cangshan, and the…