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Getting to Yunnan

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July 26th 2009
I was lucky to get on the direct bus from Dazhai to Guilin. In Guilin, I first had the feeling the city wasn’t really nice. However, after about half an hour, I reviewed my opinion. Especially the shopping area has an open atmosphere. I ate a very nice pizza there! Also the river bank was lively and people were happy. The good thing about China is that the most people are tourists, b ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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