Afternoon view from Dulongjiang road, looking back east towards the town of Bingzhongluo, western Yunnan, China (near Myanmar Border) 27 Sept 2009


Plant Collectors worked this area in the early 20th Century, including Frank Kingdon Ward. In World War Two the area was known as "The Hump", a hazardous area of mountains that planes had to fly over between India and SW China.


Size: 3504px × 2336px
Location: Dulongjiang (Upper Irrawaddy), Yunnan, China
Photo credit: © John Holmes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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