Octagonal Pavilion

Stairs leading up to the monastery and octagonal pavilion in Jingzhen

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June 27th 2010
So I got up around 7:00 because my room was so unbelievably hot. The night air was cool, but there was no breeze to be had and the ceiling fan did not draw any air into the room. I went to find some breakfast and nothing appealing was open yet, so I walked around the city a bit and worked up a sweat already by 8:30. My walk proved yet again that Jinghong was just another Chinese city - a growing c ... 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

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