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Sleepless in Chengdu

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October 4th 2007
Pingyao - Xi'an - Chengdu 9/5/07-9/19/07 This part of the trip was a bit of a whirlwind. We only spent a few nights in each place...except for chengdu, which I will explain why later. Pingyao So lets see...Pingyao was a pretty cool little old city. The city itself has a huge stone wall surrounding it and the traditional chinese style buildings with the upturned corne ... read more

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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