We had a fun trip hiking up the largest gorge in Asia, staying overnight, eating (oily) local spicy foods, hanging out in Lijiang Old Town, etc. On the downside, Connecting in the Kunming (ghetto) airport was disgusting, and forced us to eat KFC twice (not bad tasting but still pretty unhealthy!), and too much yak or bad chicken or goat caused us serious tummy aches!
I still highly recommend Yunnan province which consists of lots of China minority groups, some similar to Tibetans. In Lijiang there are lots of Naxi people who comprise one of the world's few matriarchal societies (marriage = optional, tons of male partners ok, lineage/ancestry/home passed through youngest daughters from mothers, etc).
In North America for a whirlwind visit to see family friends and of course, to work. Need to get over my silly food poisoning and stomach aches so I can start training again for our half marathon!! Yikes!
