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Karakoram Highway: the highest paved frontier pass in the world

The Karakoram Highway (Karakoram Highway) is an international road linking the city of Kashgar in China, in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, with Pakistan. Terminal city in Pakistan is considered to be the town of Havelian in the environs of Abbottabad. The road has a length of 1300 kilometers and due to its high altitude and […]

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Travel in the mountains of Central Asia

Crossing Kyrgyzstan, China and Pakistan A spectacular itinerary, a travel in the mountains of Central Asia, which from Kyrgyzstan through China reaches Pakistan. In part we drive the mythical Karakoram Highway, the road that connects China to Pakistan passing through the Khunjerab Pass, on the border between the two countries, where the road reaches 4.693 […]

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Travel in Yunnan: landscapes and ethnic groups

This time I visited a province of China characterized by a wide variety of landscapes. The variety of ethnic groups living in Yunnan is even richer. Overall an excellent travel in Yunnan with visits to interesting places, including some outside the classic tourist circuits. This province of southern China has a multitude of landscape varieties. […]

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Yunnan photos: Faces and customs of the population

On this page other photos of my trip in Yunnan. Here I focus on the population. This peripheral province of China is known for high ethnic diversity. Indeed, Yunnan has the highest number of recognized ethnic groups among the provinces and autonomous regions in China. To be officially recognized by the Chinese government, an ethnic […]

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Flowering desert: a spectacle of nature

Deserts are inhospitable areas of the earth characterized by great aridity. In these regions there is very little rainfall and life forms, both animal and vegetable, have to face some of the most hostile conditions on the planet. In deserts, the lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the land to denudation processes. But […]

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The most spectacular waterfalls in the world

The waterfalls are among the most exciting spectacles of nature. Almost every nation on Earth has waterfalls. There are waterfalls of a few meters high up to waterfalls that approach the kilometer in height. A waterfall is formed when the water of a river falls from a drop. Waterfalls are dynamic systems that vary in […]

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Tourist attractions of Yunnan: what to see in Yunnan

A particular China, a province in the southwest of this immense country, inhabited by a multitude of different ethnic groups. A land rich in very varied landscapes ranging from the first buttresses of the Himalaya mountains, which widely exceed six thousand meters here, to the subtropical lands on the border with Burma, Laos and Vietnam. […]

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The climate of Yunnan: when to go to Yunnan

Yunnan is located in the southern part of China close to the borders with Burma, Laos and Vietnam. This region of China is located at a rather low latitude and is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer line. Thanks to the presence of the mountains to the north that shelter it from the winds from […]

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Hainan: a tropical island in southern China

The island of Hainan, an autonomous province of the People’s Republic of China, is the largest island in China with a territorial extension similar to that of Belgium (32,900 sq km). Located at the southeastern end of the country. The island is washed by the South China Sea, and is full of white beaches and […]

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The climate of China: when to go to China

China is one of the largest nations on the planet and its size means that the country is characterized by multiple types of climate. The climate of China is extremely varied due to the huge differences in latitude, longitude and altitude. The Chinese climate differs from region to region due to the country’s complex topography. […]

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The climate of Macau: when to go to Macau

The climate of Macau is subtropical humid influenced by monsoon. The climate, as in much of southern China, is cool and sunny in winter (January-February), hot and rainy in spring (March-April) and summer (May-October), while it is mild and sunny in autumn (October-December). The differences in temperature and humidity between summer and winter are obvious. […]

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Macau: casinos and colonial atmosphere

Macau is a city nestled on a peninsula and some islands that has become a special statute administrative region of China since late 1999, having been a Portuguese colony since 1557. Macau is located along the coast of the South China Sea, at the Pearl River estuary (Zhujiang) and is made up of the Macau […]

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The climate of Hong Kong: when to go to Hong Kong

Hong Kong is located on the Tropic of Cancer and has a monsoon type sub-tropical climate, characterized by hot and very wet summers, sometimes with the possibility of tropical cyclones, while winters are mild, sunny and dry. About 80% of rain falls between May and September. The temperatures undergo small variations between the minimum average […]

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Hong Kong: an old colony today the gateway to China

Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) is an administrative region with special status in China since 1997, after being a British colony since 1841. Hong Kong is located along the coast of the South China Sea and is formed by the Kowloon peninsula and some hundreds of islands and islets. The city is now […]

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The climate of Shanghai: when to go to Shanghai

The climate of Shanghai is tropical humid, hot in summer but cold in winter when, in January, the average minimum temperatures reach 0 ° C. In summer the average maximum temperatures exceed 30 ° C, but what makes this the worst time of year for a trip are the rains and high humidity. Autumn is […]