A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Kunming, China by TravelPod blogger Happycamperbeth titled "Cool happenings in Yunnan province." Happycamperbeth’s travel blog entry: "The middle section of our study tour was a whirlwind of events and cool places in China. We were cramming so much into so little time that I literally have had to look back at pictures to even remember a lot of what we did. (Maybe its also because I have waited so long since we got back to write this-- sorry!). The professor that led our study tour has been living in China for 16 years; although he is originally from Oregon and is a good friend of Dr. Clark from Alabama. He is an anthropology teacher at my University and his area of expertise is the 56 minority groups of China. He took us to a couple different minority villages other than the Miao village. One was extremely interesting because they still dress in Ming dynasty style clothing and eat really ancient recipes of food. Although we were only there for one afternoon we got to see a street performance of their local style of Chinese opera. Only two years ago women were allowed to take place and be actors in this style of opera which combines story telling and martial arts. I couldn't understand nearly any of it because they spoke in a really ancient dialect-- many of the expressions they used dates back to the Ming Dynasty. We got to visit a couple really famous landmarks in China including the tallest waterfall in Asia, and the ...