Reisterassen und Kegelberge 021

Reisterassen und Kegelberge

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January 23rd 2011
Over Christmas, we went to Guilin and surroundings. We took an overnight-train to Guilin and went straight to a town called Yangshou and Long Ji. A colleague was nice enough to make an itinerary for our trip so we did not have to figure everything out on our own. And luckily, another colleague accompanied us, so, again, we could avoid translation problems. I am glad we did not spend too much tim ... 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