yak sighting number 2

我们去了丽江。We went to Lijiang.

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January 4th 2010
我们去了丽江。We went to Lijiang. Getting to the train station was pretty exciting in itself, they were already preparing for the huge crowds of when millions of people leave the city for spring festival (lantern festival) over only a couple of days. Hopefully I wont be travelling then. Getting into the train I think is most I will ever feel like Harry Potter, it was great going into ou ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Lijiang

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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