Earthquake redirects Malaysian friends to one of their best holidays in China

By S.L. LIM

The writer with her friends at the Napa Sea Grasslands, posing between the lang du hua shrubs.

My friends and I had planned for a trip to Jiuzhaigou, China, back in 2017 but the place experienced a major earthquake, forcing us to redirect our holiday to Yunnan instead.

It turned out to be one of our best trips to China.

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