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Time Moves Slowly: The Gentle Days of Yunnan Some journeys are destined to be etched into the deepest corners of memory. Some landscapes are worth savoring for a lifetime. The moment the plane pierced through the clouds and touched down at Kunming Changshui Airport, I…

Frank Passes Through the Land of Women: A Solo New Year's Journey to Lugu Lake Some trips begin with a postcard and end with an unexpected solo departure. In the fall of 2015, I was bumping along mountain roads in Ganzi Prefecture, western Sichuan. I…

Yunnan Love Story: A 24-Day Memoir of Travels in Yunnan (Dali, Lijiang, Lugu Lake, Shangri-La, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Meili Snow Mountain, Yubeng) To chase all the unseen landscapes, and then, on the road, to meet you. In July 2015, like many young people yearning for…

Yunnan: Pack Your Camera, Slip Into a Maxi Dress, Take My Hand, and Keep a Date with Romance Some say Yunnan is a land forgotten by time. There, the sky is a shade of blue so piercing it breaks your heart, the pace of life…

Three Years Later, I Finally Fulfilled My Dream by Erhai Lake – A Complete 6-Day In-Depth Guide to Dali and Lijiang Three years ago, I was on my graduation trip, and our guide was a young man working part-time as a tour leader. He said…