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The Silk Road, China (Part II)

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June 10th 2005
Hi again, Arrived to Urumqi, a little more relaxed (and a little exhausted), and decided to keep on traveling on the Northern Silk Road. There are two main roads heading west - one north of the desert and one south of it. Another long bus took me all the way to a small town called Korla. Spent the night there in a dirty hotel, and continued the next morning in a short train ride to Kuqa. Kuqa is ... 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