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**RideChina** · #1 13 Mar 2013

China - South of the Cloud, 7 day adventure of hill tribes, terraced fields and cocktails.
Yunnan province in southwest China borders Vietnam, Laos and Burma. Yunnan is definitely one of the most ethnically fascinating and scenically stunning provinces in all of China. Home to 25 of Chinas minority groups and over half of all China's plant and animal species - it is easy to understand why Yunnan is highly favored by all kinds of travelers.

Our friends arrived late in the evening in Kunming airport. A new airport that was in use only from last June.

**RideChina** · #2 13 Mar 2013

Half an hour later we travelled in a van to Kunming Hotel.

We had a big bowl of rice noodle soup for dinner, plus some

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You should put meat, egg, vegetables and noodle in the hot soup and wait 2 minutes for the meal to be cooked. It is called the "cross bridge noodle".

Being in the plane for so long, we decided to go to bed early because there is 220 KM waiting for us tomorrow.

**RideChina** · #3 13 Mar 2013

Left the hotel, we drove to the Traffic Police Bureau to get our temporary driver license.

**RideChina** · #4 13 Mar 2013

We got our body and eyes checked and the firendly officer gave us a brief lesson on Chinese Driving rules. Half an hour later, we got our drivers' licenses. We were good to go!

**RideChina** · #5 13 Mar 2013

The traffic became very busy when were out on the streets. We followed the river of the cars and truck finally got out of the city. We soon hit a big lake and we were surrounded by locals who never see any foreigners riding motorcycle here. Kind of under the spotlight. Had lunch in a local restaurant. The toasted duck was very delicious, but the smelly tofu was not that favored.

**RideChina** · #6 13 Mar 2013

We rode 220 KM to Jianshui county, Jianshui is a state historic and cultural city. We stayed in the private Garden of the Zhu Family. This grand complex is a typical local residence with distinctive features. As it was built by Zhu Chaoying and his brother in the late Qing Dynasty, it got the name ''the Private Garden of the Zhu Family''