The Stone Forest and the legend of Ashima

stone forest

This is the first chapter of my travel through South West China.

Yunnan is one of most touristic Chinese provinces, especially in summer when everywhere else in China is damn hot. This means that an army of Chinese people had our same idea: visit 石林 (shilin), the Stone Forest. The etymology of the character “林” is one of those that remind me why I like Chinese:

木=mu=tree; 木+木=林=lin= forest. Being we so damn smart – or at least this is what we think – instead [Read more...]

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Traveling: South West China

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This post is the first of a series dedicated to my travel to South West China of last Summer.

After several “demanding” holidays that saw me crossing the Tibetan 5,000 meters with the fever and climb the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with a f*cked up knee, I had promised to myself to choose a QUIET vacation [Read more...]

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