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After breakfast we will visit a typical village of Shan minority the Palaung. Here we will need to walk for about an hour on a track, slightly up hill to Nam Kyan Village and meet some of the locals and exchange greetings. We continue on towards the border, passing fields of peanuts and corn where Opium poppies grew in abundance until only recently. We will pass through a number of military checkpoints where we will need to be patient with the local administrators. It is actually an entertaining spot with all types of goods and food available for sale, truck drivers waiting for their approval to move on, officials chewing beetle nut. We reach the border late this afternoon at Muse on the Burmese side and clear customs, stepping into China and the border town of Ruili.
Accommodation: The Jingcheng Hotel Maohai Rd, Ruili City Yunnan, China 0692 4159999.
Ruili is an old trading post that has a nice feel about it. Change is evident everywhere from our time in Burma. The buildings here are modern and prolific; the streets wide with gutters and curbs, broad footpaths and a bazaar column of Palm trees make the city look like some lost oasis. There will be time this morning to look around the town before heading on towards Tenchong via Munschwe. Along the way we will visit the Dai Chieftans House from the Qing dynsasty, at Lianghe .Most area administration was left in the control of the local chief until 1949 who became the magistrate, lawmaker and sheriff. This chief was most generous to his guests with a well appointed opium smoking room adjoining the main greeting hall. We push on for Tenchong, into the mountains and river valleys of south west Yunnan.
Accommodation: Sightseeing Hotel Tenchong
Last changed: Saturday October 18, 2014
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