Chikan Ancient Town

Kaiping #3: Chikan Ancient Town

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August 14th 2023
My final day in Kaiping, so I had decided to visit Chikan Ancient Town. It would take me about the same time to gat a bus there as to walk, so I decided to walk. The route my map app showed was along a path I had never walked on and I hadn't even noticed existed, that should have been a sign. I set off and the first couple of hundred metres were fine, I walked and I left the village proper and wal ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Jiangmen

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more