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Leshan and the Buddha

April 25th 2009
Communication and Coincidence. We left Chengdu for Leshan and the Giant Buddha on the morning of 22nd. We arrived at one of the many Chengdu Bus Stations by taxi and Richard booked us tickets. We were somewhat surprised to find ourselves on a 7 seater mini bus and not your usual Chinese coach for the 2 hour journey. It became clear very quickly to the other passengers that neither of us ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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