Yangzonghai Lake 阳宗海

Remains of the old tennis courts at the American Camp Schiel rest camp, to the east of Kunming at the north end of Yangzonghai (阳宗海) lake, in 2007. (See a historical image of the tennis courts here.) At that time the rest camp had recently been abandoned by the PLA, who had used it for many years. Many of the...

Remains of the American Camp Schiel rest camp, to the east of Kunming at the north end of Yangzonghai (阳宗海) lake, in 2007. At that time the rest camp had recently been abandoned by the PLA, who had used it for many years. Many of the buildings and pathways were the original structures from the WWII era. In another visit...

Remains of the American Camp Schiel rest camp, to the east of Kunming at the north end of Yangzonghai (阳宗海) lake, in 2007. At that time the rest camp had recently been abandoned by the PLA, who had used it for many years. Many of the buildings and pathways were the original structures from the WWII era. In another visit...

The mountains that Americans so often hiked near the remains of the American Camp Schiel rest camp, to the east of Kunming at the north end of Yangzonghai (阳宗海) lake, in 2007. At that time the rest camp had recently been abandoned by the PLA, who had used it for many years. Many of the buildings and pathways were the...

Remains of the American Camp Schiel rest camp, to the east of Kunming at the north end of Yangzonghai (阳宗海) lake, in 2007. At that time the rest camp had recently been abandoned by the PLA, who had used it for many years. Many of the buildings and pathways were the original structures from the WWII era. In another visit...

A train track--with a flipped flatcar--in Yunnan province, China. Near Camp Schiel. Yangzonghai Lake is in the background. During WWII.