View from window-main street

Day 9

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August 2nd 2008
Road to Beijing Day 9! (James clearly can't be trusted to write this as yesterday, last entry, was actually day 8). Raining so like home from home, although still late 20's Li River cruise was amazing, 4hrs on the river through very similar landscapes yet neither one of us was bored, it was probably the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen. You do need to have an imagination though as every ... 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