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Cooking School Day

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May 9th 2008
I went to cooking school today in Yangshuo at the Yangshuo Cooking School. It was a fantastic experience. There were 12 students and one teacher at a beautiful school about 15 minutes outside of Yangshuo. The teacher took us to the local Yangshuo market. It was a fascinating place with the most beautiful vegetables, fruits, noodles, and meats I have ever seen. I could have stayed there al ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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