The Stone Forest

The Stone Forest

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October 27th 2008
Today I went to the Stone Forest which is 90 km away from Kunming. It's a World Heritage site consisting of stone sculptures that were formed 200 million years ago when there was a huge lake in the area. There are trails around the formations as well as in between. Many of the rocks have names, although they didn't always look like the name. I couldn't see either elephant , when it was on a pl ... 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