Yangshuo

Yangshuo

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June 21st 2008
Yangshuo is a really great place to go in the middle of the countryside. There was no phone or internet and we spent a few days cycling around the rice fields, walking around and reading our books. We also took a chinese cookery class which was really good fun! We got to eat the results! We also mananged to avoid the dog section of the market, they eat dogs in this part of china, they are all ... 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