Attractive Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, rests peacefully in the heart of the fertile Yunnan plateau at 2,000m above sea level.

One of China's more relaxed capitals, its pleasant weather and floral wealth has earned it the moniker ‘City of Eternal Spring'.

The countryside around Kunming is filled with lakeside vistas, temples and the stone forest, Yunnan's most visited site.

In days gone by, the strategic ‘Burma Road' supplied the Chinese government at Kunming with the British railhead at Lashio in Burma during the early stages of WWII.