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Lijiang - Thousands of goldfish and a German

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March 25th 2008
Lijiang Jan 08 We left Yangshou and headed to a city called Lijiang via a bus, an overnight train and then another bus. On the train we met a German guy called Jens, he seemed nice enough and was also going to Lijiang so asked if he could tag along. We arrived there early in the morning and went to the old town were everywhere was closed. The old town was very pretty with it's cobbled streets an ... 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