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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder of life survive unmolested in the pristine Dulong Valley in northwestern Yunnan province. You can now see for yourself, thanks to a new dirt road connecting the valley to the nearest town, Gongshan. Anthropologists need not be worried about a tourist invasion: it takes nine hours to drive this precarious 90-km track, followed by several hours of trekking, before you reach the area where the Dulong live. That means only the most committed travelers will likely make the journey. If you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Valley | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

...long ceased?there is only a handful of tattooed women left?but other aspects of their way of life survive unmolested in the pristine Dulong Valley in northwestern Yunnan province. You can now see for yourself, thanks to a new dirt road connecting the valley to the nearest town, Gongshan. Anthropologists need not be worried about a tourist invasion: it takes nine hours to drive this precarious 90-km track, followed by several hours of trekking, before you reach the area where the Dulong live. That means only the most committed travelers will likely make the journey. If you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Valley | 7/4/2005 | See Source »

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