Location: Yunnan, Random Notes
Travel Notes Summary: Yunnan is the province with the most ethnic minorities in China, with a full 25 ethnic groups living here, accounting for nearly half of all China's ethnic minorities. I was supposed to have dinner with a Hani girl tonight, but she happened to be in Kunming for training and was flying back to Xishuangbanna late at night, while I was flying from Xishuangbanna to Kunming to transfer back to Shenzhen—we missed each other perfectly in the air. So, I ended up coming alone to eat Yunnan's famous wild mushroom hotpot. There's a timer next to the hotpot; it needs to cook for over 20 minutes before it's safe to eat, so I'm just writing some random thoughts while waiting. Besides seeing all sorts of strange mountains and unique waters on this Yunnan trip, the biggest gain was probably experiencing the lives of many ethnic groups. From the Bai people in Dali, the Naxi people at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, the Mosuo people at Lugu Lake, the Tibetans and Yi people in Shangri-La, the Jingpo people in Tengchong, the Dai people on the China-Myanmar border, to the Dai, Hani, and Jinuo people in Xishuangbanna... plus the Austrian girl I …
