Cobbled streets

Backpacker Haven in China - Yangshuo

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April 19th 2009
Day 98- 101 Guilin and Yangshuo, China It was not a pleasant night sleep with all the snoring in our dorm room, but we managed to drag ourselves out of bed by 11:00AM the next day in time to checkout and get some breakfast. We were told while in Vietnam by a Hong Konger to skip Guilin and go straight to Yangshuo. So we decided to follow his advice (which was very good advice as Guilin is just ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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