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Day 12

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August 5th 2008
Road to Beijing - Day 12 Ahhh! The mountains no pollution and cool air, so having moaned about the heat in true Brit style we will now moan about the cold and the rain although still a very palatable 19-22 degrees. We left the beautiful countryside of Yangshou and headed to the beautiful countryside of Yunnan province firstly the stone forest of Shi'lin and now in the Mountains of Lijiang. ... 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