As the first long trip of 2009, we hesitated between Guilin and Lijiang. I asked a colleague who came from Guilin, she told me that end of February isn’t pretty at Guilin because the paddle fields are still yellow instead of green. Then I asked around and everyone seemed to tell me that Yunnan is [...]
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"The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal."
Some people see a big wave coming and run away from it, but they ultimately end up beaten by the wave and fall down. I choose to stand face to the wave, waiting for it with open eyes (nose shut), and you won't believe how much fun I have jumping over the wave as it comes! As a bonus, I have my feet firmly in the sand before and after the jump. That is the attitude I choose from now on.
— A lesson learned from Phuket