A view of Kunming - the pace of development is phenomenal.

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> Taoist statues on the way to Dragon's Gate (longmen).

> JN, our guide, and yet another of the sets of steps that we had to tackle.

> The rooftop of one of the pavillons - built high on a mountain side.

> Another doorway and another set of steps. It may look easy going, but when you first arrive, and still need to get used to the altitude, its quite a challenge!

> More steps, all, apparently, painstakingly hewn out of rock by a monk hanging by iron chains, chiselling away.

> A view of Kunming - the pace of development is phenomenal.

> There was still a long ways to go...

> This is what the cliffs and the mountain side looks like. Its mind boggling to think that someone would look at this and say, "why don't I go chisel a couple of thousand steps in the stone with a little chisel and a couple of dozen of years?"

> The final sets of steps or so, leading to longmen.

A view of Kunming - the pace of development is phenomenal.

A view of Kunming - the pace of development is phenomenal.

A view of Kunming - the pace of development is phenomenal.

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