Karst Hills

Yangshuo - Hong Kong 27-30th April

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May 7th 2011
We arrived in Guilin at 5am and boarded a bus to Yangshuo, about an hour away. Most people fell asleep on the bus, given the early hour, but I stayed awake and was treated to the wonderful, yet slightly eerie sight of the Karst hills as day began to break. The hills jut out of the otherwise flat land at irregular intervals, each one different to the next, both in size and shape. It is very strange ... 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