Guilin area

Nanning, Guangxi Province. 100km to Nam

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July 5th 2008
27 hours to Nanning... the closest big city to Friendship Pass (the border crossing to Vietnam). After shopping for food for our long journey, we hopped on board the semi-modern train in a hard sleeper car. Hard sleeper cars have about 20 rows of triple-decker bunk beds. We had to top bunks next to each other. The bottom bunk functions as a bench during the day. The squatter toilets empty out ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Nanning

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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