A Han Chinese toddler runs through the streets of Xuelin (雪林鄉), a Wa (佤族) township atop a mountain 12 kilometers from the Burmese border in western Yunnan. The boy is the son of one of a handful of Han families. The two we met were from Hunan and running small convenience stores in the town.
Tomorrow we should hit the northernmost point of our trip. Unfortunately there's no time left to touch the actual Mongolian border :( 2010-08-30
Expected to find grassland up here, but that (along with actual Mongolians apparently) has been wiped out and replaced w/ cultivated fields. 2010-08-30
Also finally got off national highway 110! Now making way east on dirt roads. Camping in field of sunflowers tonight with mountain backdrop. 2010-08-30
Wind settled down and road conditions was paved. Evan was sick but we finally got over 100km, which we need to average back to Beijing! 2010-08-30