Jinghong (景洪)
Craving a few days of warmth, we ventured down to Jinghong, capital of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture ("Banna" for short) in the south of Yunnan Province. Jinghong, which straddles the Lancang River (known as the Mekong further downstream) and is close to Myanmar and Laos. Despite occasionally being baffled by our hotel, a few days here was exactly what we needed after being on the go for so long. A dose of tropical weather never felt so good!