Panoramic view on ferry

Guangzhou - The more I see, the less I know

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October 3rd 2008
This blink of an eye is for Deb. It’s strange but the more I am in this country, the more I see and the less I know what to write and what I do write seems trivial and is only scratching the surface of this complex country and its people. I can tell you that I visited the Liu Rong Si (6 Banyun Tree Temple) and when I climbed the 187ft pagoda (built in 1097) it definitely moved in the bree ... 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