Explore...

Read and rate Travel Journal Entries for Jinghong, Yunnan, China

Dec 18, 2008 - Jinghong

hey so after nearly 20 hours on a train from guilin to kunming, a night over in kunming, and a 10 hour bus ride from kunming, i have finally arrived in jinghong in the xishuangbana region of the yunnan province in china. ... really not much to say yet as i just got here, but its nice and hot, and even coming up on january, its very humid, which im not used to, explaining the breakout out of sweating that happened right when i got off the bus.hey so after nearly 20 hours on a train from guilin to kunming, a night over in kunming, and a 10 hour bus ride from kunming, i have finally arrived in jinghong in the xishuangbana region of the yunnan province in china. ... really not much to say yet as i just got here, but its nice and hot, and even coming up on january, its very humid, which im not used to, explaining the breakout out of sweating that happened right when i got off the bus....

 Jump to full entry

Nov 11, 2007 - China's Country Roads

Who knows? Off to bed as we had another long day of driving ahead of us if we were to reach our destination, Jinghong, by evening. ... Some time later we reached the city of Simao and the beginning of the modern expressway that would take us on towards the Xishuangbana ('Banna') region's capital, Jinghong. ... It was obvious some highly placed officials were travelling to Jinghong. ... We had arrived in Jinghong just in time. ...

 Jump to full entry

Trip Journal


Year 2: China/India

Aug 12, 2006 - Jinghong, China

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006. JINGHONG, CHINA. ... Spent yesterday exploring this region called Xixhuangbanna, known for its many minorities, with Henry, a Chinese student I met on the sleeper from Kunming.SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006. JINGHONG, CHINA. ... Spent yesterday exploring this region called Xixhuangbanna, known for its many minorities, with Henry, a Chinese student I met on the sleeper from Kunming....

 Jump to full entry

Feb 24, 2006 - Busing in Xīshuāngbănnà

Jinghong, China As public buses in China are quite a unique experience, we thought that maybe we'd present a glimpse. ... Its quite fun! Enough about the buses! We made it to Jinghong, where we caught our first glimpse of the mighty Mekong. ... Another bus ride (thankfully the last in China!) had us to the Lao border where new adventures await! After nine days here are the numbers:
Final tally of Chinese who speak passable English: 7
Final tally of other Westerners: 19 (but only 4 outside of Jinghong) Movin' right along, hey L. ...

 Jump to full entry

May 9, 2005 - Monglan

Woke up to find the rain had at last stopped and instead the sun had made an appearance.Woke up to find the rain had at last stopped and instead the sun had made an appearance....

 Jump to full entry

May 8, 2005 - Jinghong

We woke up to find the rain was still hammering down.We woke up to find the rain was still hammering down....

 Jump to full entry

May 7, 2005 - Flight to Jinghong

Anna reporting: Writing this entry it seems much longer than 12 hours ago that we were traipsing the blissfully empty sleeps of Lijiang headed for the 8am express bus to New Dali. We arrived in Jinghong ahead of schedule and jumped on a bus to the town centre. ... Had we made the journey overland it would have taken at least 24 hours.Anna reporting: Writing this entry it seems much longer than 12 hours ago that we were traipsing the blissfully empty sleeps of Lijiang headed for the 8am express bus to New Dali. We arrived in Jinghong ahead of schedule and jumped on a bus to the town centre. ... Had we made the journey overland it would have taken at least 24 hours....

 Jump to full entry

Jul 23, 2004 - Kunming -> Jinghong

Als laatste trip in china de 13 uur durende busrit naar Jinghong, waar we het vliegtuig naar Thailand nemen. ... Vorige keer was de busrit van Jinghong naar Kunming heel relaxed. ... Als we heel ver voor op schema om een uur of half 6 stoppen in Jinghong slapen we net lekker. ...

 Jump to full entry

Jul 6, 2004 - Aankomst in CHINA (Jinghong)

We landen op Jinghong Airport na anderhalf uur vliegen. ... Intussen probeert de chauffeur mij om te praten om toch maar naar het aan de overkant gelegen Jinghong hotel te gaan. ... Daar boeken we een busticket naar de hoofdstad van de Yunnan Provincie (Waarin Jinghong ook ligt). ...

 Jump to full entry

Nov 18, 2002 - Xishuangbanna

The region of Xishuangbanna is in the deep south of Yunnan Province next to the Myanmar (Burma) and Laos borders. Jinghong struck us as a quiet and sleepy place, with little traffic and substantially less horn blowing than we had come to expect in Chinese cities. ... 5 hours north of Jinghong. ... Our guide, Susan, was of Akha descent and had been raised on a rubber plantation commune.The region of Xishuangbanna is in the deep south of Yunnan Province next to the Myanmar (Burma) and Laos borders. Jinghong struck us as a quiet and sleepy place, with little traffic and substantially less horn blowing than we had come to expect in Chinese cities. ... 5 hours north of Jinghong. ... Our guide, Susan, was of Akha descent and had been raised on a rubber plantation commune....

 Jump to full entry

Trip Journal


Parlow China Trip

Nov 17, 2001 - Jinghong, Xishuangbanna

The region of Xishuangbanna is in the deep south os Yunnan next to the Myanmar (Burma) and Laos borders. Jinghong struck us as a quiet and sleepy place, with little traffic and substantially less horn blowing than we had come to expect in Chinese cities. ... 5 hours north of Jinghong. ... Our guide, Susan, was of Akha descent and had been raised on a rubber plantation commune.The region of Xishuangbanna is in the deep south os Yunnan next to the Myanmar (Burma) and Laos borders. Jinghong struck us as a quiet and sleepy place, with little traffic and substantially less horn blowing than we had come to expect in Chinese cities. ... 5 hours north of Jinghong. ... Our guide, Susan, was of Akha descent and had been raised on a rubber plantation commune....

 Jump to full entry