http://www.acrosstheplanet.net Travel blog about interesting locations from across the world Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:52:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/stone-forest-shilin/ http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/stone-forest-shilin/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:06:20 +0000 Hellas http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/?p=162 Stone Forest is a set of karst formations (naturaly formed) in Shilin County (Yunnan province, China) 85 km from the city Kunming. Tousands of tall rocks emanate from the ground like the stalagmites. Stone forest is covering few hundred of square kilometres. Forest is over 270 million years old, and the area used to be ocean. Stone Forest mountains form strange shapes which excite people imagination. Between the stone peaks are many lakes. More info at: http://www.travelchinayunnan.com/city/kunming/attraction/stoneforest.htm

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