Velocidad

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Re-connecting with relatives and making our way to Tibet.

Please refer to the maps below. The red dot on the China map shows our location the last time we were able to post an update and the green lines and numbered squares show where we’ve been. Click the links on the right for details of each entry and to see any related photos that we’ve posted.

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Gilles, Jenny and Victoria

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    • Kunming: One last visit in Yunnan

      We left Sangri-La on an early morning flight back to Kunming, where we started out our travels in the province of Yunnan. Since we had made reservation at the same… Read more

    • Shangri-La: A taste of Tibet

      With an empty stomach I was ready for the 5 hour bus ride from Lijiang to Shangri-La. This morning, we wore long pants for the first time on our trip.… Read more

    • Lijiang: An overly touristy place

      The four hour bus ride from Dali to Lijiang provided some great mountain scenery on a single lane road without much of a shoulder – a reminder of some travel… Read more

    • Dali: Beautiful Old City

      Although the road between Kunming and Dali is nice 4-lane highway, the bus ride appeared longer than4 hours but still much shorter than going to Jinghong. In order to reach… Read more

    • Kunming: The all-year Spring City

      Our flight from Chengdu (Sichuan Province) to Kunming (Yunnan Province) was uneventful. Although the weather in Chengdu provided us with some relief of the heat, it is on our arrival… Read more