The VIEW

Azure City Mountain

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July 19th 2005
Azure City Mountain, or Mt Qingchenshan, was pretty awesome. It's named because it looks like it's surrounded by a collosal wall of connected mountains and the effect this had at the top was stunning. The air was misty too, just like in my most memorable dreams. .... A most excellent mountain, which I would recommend to any of you, since it's almost like a well kept (national) secret -few for ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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