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Morning mist
Mengma, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Water buffalos and birds
Road G214, Mengma, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Connecting with God
Mengma, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Burmese architecture
Mengma, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Tropical flower
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Tropical flower
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Cockfighting
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Cockfighting
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Cockfighting
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Cockfighting
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Cockfighting
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Cockfighting
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Giant Peacock at the entrance of Jinghong
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Laundry time!
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Our last chinese supper
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Chinese beers are among the most sell in the world
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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New clothes...made in China!
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Looks like a pizza but it's not, it's made of eggs
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Looks like a pizza but it's not, it's made of eggs
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Even Jinghong has its cycle lane
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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When you're desperate even Pizza Hut pizza will do!
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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A statue representing one of the many ethnic group of the region.
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Back to "normal" life.
Shopping mall in Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Globalisation
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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After almost 2 months we enter again a big supermarket. We're incredibly over excited to have the chance to buy different food.
Supermarket, Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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After almost 2 months we enter again a big supermarket. We're incredibly over excited to have the chance to buy different food.
Supermarket, Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Rice
Supermarket, Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna
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Dumplings
Supermarket, Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna
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Xinshuangbanna
Dumplings
Supermarket, Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna
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According to recent studies Snow Beer is the most sell beer in the world. We couldn't leave China without having one!
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And for one day we stop our diet on Noodles to enjoy fresh cherry tomatoes with extra virgin olive oil and fresh baguette.
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Bridge over the Mekong/Lancang river
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Motorbike wash in Mekong/Lancang river
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Watching the voyeur
Jinghong pedestrian area
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Better not to sit on stairs
Jinghong pedestrian area
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Are you taking a picture of me?
Jinghong pedestrian area
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Smile
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Chinese people like to be fit.
On the right side of the picture there's a small grocery shop, the owner (a nice lady) use to exercise on this musical platform every evening!
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Coffee and pastries
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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"No parking area"
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Time to leave Jinghong and China.
The bridge over the Mekong/Lancang river has one line for cars and one separated line for scooters and bicycles!
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Mekong/Lancang River
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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The bridge over the Mekong/Lancang river has one line for cars and one separated line for scooters and bicycles!
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Preserving nature
Jinghong, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Gumtree plantation
Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Xinshuangbanna
One of the many tunnels we have to cross to reach the border with Laos.
Road G214, Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Trying to beat tropical heat with a cold beer
Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Gumtree plantation camp site
Xinshuangbanna, Yunnan
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Chopsticks!
Since we entered China we started eating only noodles and the best way to handle them are chopsticks, so no more forks or spoon.
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We met Coey and Hong at the border with Laos. They are from Malaysia and have been travelling around SE Asia for 9 months.
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We also met a Mexican (how incredible is it?) cyclist, also travelling in SE Asia but in opposite direction, now heading to China!
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Malaysia - Mexico in China!
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Coey and Hong
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1 km and China is over
China/Laos border
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Laos, Mohan
First kilometre in Laos. We are welcomed buy a group of elephants used as touristic attraction.
Mohan, Northern Laos
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Laos, Mohan
First kilometre in Laos. We are welcomed buy a group of elephants used as touristic attraction.
Mohan, Northern Laos
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Laos, Mohan
Hong
Mohan, Northern Laos
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Laos, Mohan
Coey and Hong are from Malaysia but they both are Chinese. They speak both Male and Chinese.
Mohan, Northern Laos
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Pigs
Nateuy, Northern Laos
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Laos, Mohan
Coey and Hong have been here before and know for sure that it is possible to sleep into schools. So we try this small school at first but doors are all locked and there's none around.
Nateuy, Northern Laos
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Laos, Mohan
Nateuy is a very small community but still it has two schools operating.
Nateuy, Northern Laos