Quail Eggs Baked in tibetan salt

Quick trip to Guangzhou

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October 6th 2009
GuangZhou for Zhong Jiu Jie The midautumn moon festival. We are a bit behind on our posts. This one comes from a trip we took to Guangzhou. A port city on the Pearl river delta known to be very much in the import/export business. We spent much of our time walking around the city. Some of our favorites were the herbal medicine streets stretching several blocks of bulk herbs coming and going from ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Guangzhou

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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