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44 Days book extracts

    Below are extracts from the book, 44 Days, including the Prologue and four selected chapters, out of 42 total. Each chapter starts with a summary box. The book’s 125 photos are presented at the end of each book section. The eight book sections start with a “Rules of the Road” theme and related…

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Part 18 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – reflections on his amazing, 12,000km sojourn.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Jeff hamming it up on his way down the Canshan Mountains, above Dali, Yunnan. No matter how hard he tried, the stranger Jeff asked to take his picture could…

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Part 17 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – Guizhou Province, Part 3.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: one of the magnificent locations in Red Rock Canyon, in Chishui, Guizhou. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown.     Thousands of…

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Part 16 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – Guizhou Province, Part 2.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: in the huge covered, outdoor market in Chishui, a dentist sets up shop and performs a wide variety of dental needs and operations, for all the world to see….

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Part 15 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – in Guizhou Province.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: fabulous late night traveling circus in Nayong, Guizhou, complete with magicians, Punch and Judy puppets, Chinese song and dance. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by…

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Part 14 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – around Lugu Lake, Sichuan and Yunnan.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Lugu Lake on the Yunnan side, after being ferried over by my Mosuo boatswain. I wrote about how these surface flowers were used by Noel Coward in one of…

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Part 13 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – Lijiang, Yunnan.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown A look along a totally isolated, deserted path in the primeval forest of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountains, outside Lijiang, Yunnan. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by…

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Part 12 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – Dali and Lijiang, Yunnan.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: expansive view of Dali’s Erhai Lake, from 2,600 meters above sea level and the Zhonghe Temple, high up in the Cangshan Mountians, overlooking the huge lake plain 600 meters…

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Part 11 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – from Xichang, Sichuan to and across Lugu Lake into Yunnan.

    NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: a Mosuo boatswain ferrying Jeff across Lugu Lake, from Sichuan to Yunnan. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown.     Thousands of dollars…

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Part 10 of 44 Days Beijing Radio AM774 Interview with Bruce Connolly – from Kangding to Jiulong and back, through the Liqi Valley, and then down to Xichang, Sichuan, on his way to Lugu Lake.

      NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: a look across the amazingly beautiful Tibetan Liqi Valley, between Kangding and Jiulong, Sichuan. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown.    …

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