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Lijiang, Busing through the mountains

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December 21st 2009
The next day was the worst bus ride ever. We had to go up the side of the mountain, which I kept having to convince myself would be worth it. The driver drove fast and the curves had no walls so I thought we were going to fly off the ledge every time we turned. Finally we arrived at the place where we would get on the cable car. On the way up James told me that the mountain we were going to look a ... read more

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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