Sleeper trains

China - Part 3: Yangshuo

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November 18th 2009
Sunday 15 November 2009 (Narj's Birthday) we arrive by overnight sleeper train into the small town of Yangshuo. What an eventful journey on the sleeper train (and such a shame for Narj to wake up on the morning of her birthday after an unpleasant journey to unpleasant weather). So the sleeper train - well, where shall I start. The bed had already been slept in. There were crumbs everywhere - Na ... read more

Asia » China

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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