Hanoi-Hong Kong 010706D

Hanoi-Hong Kong

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July 1st 2006
Driving out from Liuzhou on the bus it looked like the city had more potential than we had realised. The downtown area had many shops & there was a cable car ride up to a pagoda & restaurant that we could have checked out too. After an initially short bus journey, we transferred in Sanjiang on what became a very memorable part of the trip. Upon entering the waiting lounge at the bus station, I not ... 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