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Yunnan, China
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Southeastern Yunnan is in China.
The old narrow-gauge railway linking Kunming with Hekou on the Vietnamese border sees no passenger service along most of its length.
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Buses can be used to travel everywhere else; Mengzi is the region's main hub.
By bicycle
Traveling by bicycle in SE Yunnan is possible, and often quite rewarding. Most cities are within a day's trip from one another (60-80 km) along a provincial highway (省道).
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Kunming · International · KMG
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city on the northern shore of Fuxian Lake known for its World Heritage-listed fossil site
tin miners' city in Honghe Prefecture
a gateway to Vietnam
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the culture the Yi People
mosques around the shores of Lake Qilu
famous for Hani people's terrace rice fields
capital of Yuxi Prefecture, home to the biggest tobacco factory in Asia
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