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A new post over at Rectified.name about my latest trip to Yunnan. Sad to see how much that province has changed over the past decade. While tourism brings many benefits to local communities, the effects of so many people trampling through the hills and valleys of this beautiful place cannot be ignored. Can the government, with the help of local and international NGOs, find a workable solution for the environmental challenges associated with the development of the region? The village of Cuandixia, located about 60 miles from Beijing, is well-known for its accidental architectural preservation and dusty mountain scenery. It's becoming a little too touristy over the past few years, but is still a nice getaway from the city. We're at the Great Wall this weekend…not for the first time to be sure. Here's a photo of me and "The Mighty Ho" hiking the wall between Jinshanling and Simatai in the summer of 2002. (If you blow up the picture you'll see the TMH is keeping hydrated with a lukewarm can of Yanjing.) Sunset on the Hulunbeir Grasslands, Inner Mongolia. Prayer wheels outside of a monastery near Daocheng, Sichuan. The monastery belongs to the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and was almost completely destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. In recent years, the monks have managed to restore many of the original structures and halls. Photo taken in May, 2010. |
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