Git along little doggy!

[danb]

Any interesting story from Xishuangbanna:

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57348255

 

I saw this story on the internet.  Brought back some memories of a trip we made to Yunnan  many many years ago.   Can't remember the name of the town that we stopped in but I thought almost that we were in Thailand.  We had very hot and humid weather there.  Even some of buildings were Thai like structures.  Gold painted peaked structure.  We even saw some elephants on a country road one day.  I saw rows and rolls of rubber trees where the raw rubber was being harvest.  A spiral track was carved down each tree.   We also made a stop over in Lijiang and Kunming.  In Kunming we visited a temple with turtles swimming all over/in  the temple's ponds.  Also had some noodles called "over the bridge" served in a heavy clay bowl.  It was perhaps the first time I heard a story of old China.   There are several versions about the origin of the noodles.   Very charming.  Here is one version:   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing-the-bridge_noodles

Part of the story of the version that I remember was the heavy clay bowl.  They were used to help keep the noodles warm as the wife carried the noodles everyday to her husband who worked a far distance away over the bridge.

 

Ahh ,the memories this elephant story have jogged in my head.  I hope we can visit Yunnan again.  Danb

[Randy W]

More on the elephants here - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/49719-current-events/?do=findComment&comment=647190