Street scene
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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. ... [read more]
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. ... [read more] Blog: City of Eternal Spring
Date: May 8th 2007
Arriving (unintentionally) in Kunming at the tail-end of Golden Week was a guarantee of low accommodation availability and high prices, but we were lucky to bump into a couple of Westerners working in the city who persuaded a cafe owner to phone round a couple of hotels for us. The outcome was an extremely acceptable room in a building at the south end of Cuihu Park, whose lake and bridges provide ... read more
Date: May 8th 2007
Arriving (unintentionally) in Kunming at the tail-end of Golden Week was a guarantee of low accommodation availability and high prices, but we were lucky to bump into a couple of Westerners working in the city who persuaded a cafe owner to phone round a couple of hotels for us. The outcome was an extremely acceptable room in a building at the south end of Cuihu Park, whose lake and bridges provide ... read more
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