Benzilan is a small town in the north west of Yunnan province, and the gateway to the glaciers of the Meili Snow Mountain National Park. The town was an important stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route that linked the tea-producing regions of Yunnan with Tibet, Burma, India and central China.
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Yunnan Explorer
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Venture into Yunnan province in the far southwest of China, one of the country's lesser-visited and more ethnically diverse regions
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