Between 1/12/2003 to 5/12/2003, I joined a tour of 18 participants, organized by Worldvision, Hong Kong (世 界 宣 明 會), to visit my sponsored daugter living in the hilly and deprived area of Wuting (武 定), a two hour drive from Kuming (昆明), the provincial capital of Yunnan (云南). Although the trip involved lengthy and tired bumpy drive on sandy and rubbly hillside roads, the warm welcomes from the county goverment officers and local people make this trip unforgetable.

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1/12/2003	A two hour flight took us from Hong Kong to Kunming (昆明). After a brief meeting in Worldvision office, we took off a two hour drive to Wuting (武 定 縣) where we received warm welcomes from county officers and local people. Our dinner was held in a canteen inside the county head office. Finally, we settled in a local hotel called 劍達 at nealy 10 p.m..	photo
2/12/2003	After a two hour bumpy drive rounding up the sandy and rubbly highside road, we reached the village (白 路) where I met with my sponsored daughter in the 三 合 宣 明 小 學. Then, we visited a 苗 族 village (六 枝 小 村) and had lunch inside a village house. At dusk, after a further two hour bumpy drive, we visited another village (德 勝 田) where we had dinner and danced with the villagers. I felt uncomfortable by the bumpy return and finally, vomited inside the four-drive wheel car.	photo
3/12/2003	After a brief greeting ceremony by local government in 九 廠, we set off to another 苗 族 village called 小 新 庄where we had lunch and played basketball with the villagers. During midday, we visited a prmary school called 慢 坡 小 學 in another village called 慢 坡 where we were greeted by beautiful hymn sung by local choir. 苗 族 are mainly christians and had a church inside the village.The villagers served us with impressive honey juice and some other local food before we left at round 6 p.m..	photo
4/12/2003	The two hour drive on a relatively smooth road led us to a village called 石 臘 它 where we visited a primary school. Having lunch inside the school, we returned to Wuting (武 定). Farewelled by the local officers, we set off to Kunming (昆明) where we had the famous Yunnan noodle broth (過 橋 米 線) as our dinner in 橋 香 園. Before leaving for the hotel (劍 華 酒 店), I brought some snacks from local Wal-Mark as souvenir.	photo
5/12/2003	A short journal led us from the hotel to the Kunming (昆明) international airport at around 9:30 a.m., ending this wonderful and worthwhile journal. Although harsh, this trip brought me to a world of poverty where people struggle only for basic necessities. The candid warm welcomes by the local people are as impressive as the delightful smiles of the school children.	photo

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