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Dali, Shaxi, Home

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January 31st 2010
Well, it has been a little while since we had time and good internet access. So I will try to catch up to the present. We're back at home with the boys, all safe and sound. Our second day in Dali, we rented bikes and had a nice day riding through little villages along Erhai lake. They were Bai minority villages that were comprised of farming land surrounding clusters of buildings. The streets ... 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