CHINA: Slideshow | Shanghai | Yunnan | Xinjiang

Yunnan Photos

These " Yunnan Photos " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Man in a rice field

Yunnan snub-nosed monkey habitat in Yunnan

Stalks of rice in China

Rice along a road in Yunnan

Rice agriculture along the upper MeKong River in China

The muddy upper Yangtze in northwestern Yunnan as seen from above

World's largest prayer wheel, located in Shangri-La, China

Red grassland

Flooded grassland in Yunnan

Green rice fields of the upper Mekong river valley in northwest Yunna

Homes and farmland that will soon be evacuated due to a dam project

Flooded pasture near Zhongdian

Colorful flowers on the Tibetan plateau

Red plants in a grassy field near Shangri-La

Chinese high elevation wetlands

Red plants on a pasture

The upper Mekong

Home that will be flooded by a man on the Mekong

Huafengin, a town that will be flooded by a dam on the Mekong

Country home with a corn field

Rice fields

Terraced rice fields in NW Yunnan

Terraced rice fields in northwestern Yunnan

Terraced rice paddies

Rice fields along the muddy red Mekong

Rice fields bordering the Mekong

Deep brick red color of the upper Mekong. This section will be flooded by a dam

A small stream in Tibetan Yunnan

Mekong in the mountains of southeastern Tibet / northwestern Yunnan

Mekong river in the mountains of Tibet / Yunnan

Mekong flowing through mountains in Northwestern Tibet

The Mekong as seen from above

Rice terraces along the muddy Mekong

Rice fields in a valley in Tibetan Yunnan

Mekong valley on the road to Deqin

Looking out the car window to Tibetan village with terraced rice fields

River valley in NW Yunnan

Village atop a ridge on the road to Dechen

Agricultural village outside Zhongdian

Baby donkey looking through a doorway in a foggy village in Tibetan Yunnan

Waterfall near the Yangtze river in northwestern Yunnan province

Giant prayer wheel in Zhongdian

Flooded grassland with Zhongdian in the background

Tibetan wildflowers on a hillside above a highway

Rice fields along the upper MeKong River

Rice paddies along the MeKong River in China

Rapids on the Mekong River -- these will be flooded out by a planned dam

Narrow canyon of the upper Mekong River

Vegetation growing on a gray limestone cliff above the Mekong

Terraced rice paddies in Yunnan

Terraced rice paddies in the upper Mekong

Sumtsanlang monsatery, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery complex in southern China

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