My Travel Adventures

It was hot on my last day in Sipsongpanna, and yet the weather was remarkably cloudy most of the time. The hotel’s owner very kindly took me to the airport, politely alluding to the reviews for his business on the internet – I was happy to oblige.

The one thing I really wanted to do in Sipsongpanna was to visit the Dai Ethnic Garden. A collection of villages dating back as far as 1400 years ago, the site boasts a number of temples in the Dai style.

A while back, I was eating lunch with a friend, who – familiar with my packed travel itinerary – asked me whether I had been to Sipsongpanna (Xishuangbanna in Mandarin) yet. Before that conversation, I had only heard very vague things about Sipsongpanna, the most popular being the refrain “it’s so hot!” I was intrigued, however, and decided to do some research.