River in Yangshuo

China continued.........Yangshou

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October 14th 2008
After a great experience on the mighty Yangtze, we were off to Yangshou, one of the most beautiful (and thankfully easy to travel) spots in all of China. It is easy to travel because it had the most foreigners in all of China. It has a great main street with many bars and restaurants, with English staff, and lots of western food (a nice change). Yangshou was a great spot all in all. It had many ... 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