DunHuang MoGao Caves 敦煌莫高窟

The Silk Road

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August 3rd 2008
Prologue: It’s been a year since my last entry. Last summer, James and I toured 6 places in Yunan and Chengdu area. I broke the blogs down into 6 pieces, one for each area. This year, we decided to do a family vacation, James, me, Alan (11) and Eric (6), four of us. Our mission: to tour the Silk Road starting from Xinjiang and ending at XiAn, by air, train and bus. Due to boys’ age and t ... read more

Asia » China

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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