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September 16, 2004

Yangshuo - Fawlty Towers

Okay, so checking into the Fawlty Towers hotel is kind of a strange experience - reading the hotel service guide it instructs you to call Manwell for anything you need... quite funny - but actuall the hotel was very nice!...

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Posted by Andilad on September 16, 2004 07:22 PM
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Songpan

Songpan was a lost town for me - I didn't make it out of my hotel room - okay the bathroom to be more precise!... Next day we were bus'ing it to Chengdu- which promised Panda's and spicy food -...

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Posted by Andilad on September 16, 2004 07:07 PM
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Bandits hold up our bus!

After Langmusi, we stayed in a village homestay - a little house which was cashing in on tourist trade. The family moved out and stayed in the living room, and let us lot have their bedrooms. It was a nice...

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Posted by Andilad on September 16, 2004 06:56 PM
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Sky Burial at Langmusi

A sky burial, sounds quite barbaric to westeners, it is where the body is taken to a sacred hill, and cut up and left for the vultures to eat. This is a respected for of burial for the people in...

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Posted by Andilad on September 16, 2004 06:41 PM
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