http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardMon 14 Nov 2010 18:17:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/Yunnan Province lies on China's southern border. It is located in the center of the country, roughly, east to west. Yunnan lies on a subtropical latitude, with the Tropic of Cancer running across its southerly reaches. To the west lies Myanmar; to the south, Laos; to the southeast, Vietnam; to the east, China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (aka Guangxi Province); to the east-northeast, China's Guizhou Province; to the north, China's Sichuan Province; and to the northwest, Tibet Autonomous Re...Tue 18 Oct 2010 3:28:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/transport.htm...Tue 25 Jan 2010 3:13:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/history.htm Yunnan Province is believed to be one of the areas of present-day China inhabited by the earliest human forms (genus Homo). Anthropologists believe that there were several successive waves of migrations of early humanoid and human forms out of Africa and westward to the Indian subcontinent, then northward into present-day Tibet and from there, eastward into China, one of the first areas of settlement inside present-day China being the area of present-day Yunnan Province. By the Neolithic (Ne...Fri 21 Jan 2010 1:51:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/weather.htm The most salient feature of the weather of Yunnan Province is that the daily temperature (night to day temperature) varies more than does the seasonal temperature (winter to summer temperature). That said, the weather also varies greatly in Yunnan depending on which region, north or south, where one finds oneself (the lateral-spatial dimension), just as it of course varies greatly with the altitude (the vertical-spatial dimension). Regarding the former, the weather in Yunnan Province varie...Sat 25 Dec 2009 8:17:00 GMTludwighttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/transport.htmLong-distance busses Yunnan has a well-developed public long-distance bus-network and most cities are now accessible from Kunming with day-busses. A comprehensive set of time-tables for long-distance busses from many cities and towns in Yunnan is available at YunnanExplorer Expressways 7 National Roads (National Road 108, 213, 214, 320, 321, 323 and 326) and 61 provincial roads radiate from Kunming to major cities in Yunnan and other provinces and internationally. National Road 108 From P...Wed 8 Apr 2008 0:00:00 GMTFlierhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/transport.htmGetting around Yunnan region is very conveniently....Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/transport.htm 1 Famous people of Yunnan In this old and beautiful land, there are a lot of exceptional people including important political leaders, adventurers, educationists and artists and the like. The followings are the most popular ones among them. Zheng He-An important navigator in Chinese history Zheng He (1371-1433 AD), born in Kunming, was an eunuch in Ming Dynasty(1368-1644 AD). He built a total of 1622 ships and made at least 7 major excursions between 1405 AD and 1430 AD, reaching Somalia a...Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/transport.htm Geographical position Yunnan is called “Dian”or “Yun” for short in Chinese, situated on the border area in southwest China. It stands in south (means “nan” in Chinese) of Yun Ling(a mountain), whence came the name of “Yunnan”. And since the area on its east was under the rule of the Kingdom Dian in the Warring States Period, Yunnan is called “Dian” for short. It is located at latitude between 21°08' and 29°15'N and longitude between 97°31'and 106°11'E. There is a distance of 88.5 km. between ...Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/transport.htmOver the Bridge Rice Noodles This famous dish has a typical Yunnan local flavor that can be tasted only in some parts of Yunnan. It consists of several courses. The first course: put ingredients, such as raw pork, cooked chicken pieces, pork liver, slices of squid and slices of carp into a big bowl of chicken soup with very thick oil on top (in order to keep the heat for cooking). Vegetables are then added as the second course, and the rice noodles follow as the last course. Steam Pott...Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/transport.htm Local foods Over the Bridge Rice Noodles