Lijiang at Night

Lijiang is amazing!!

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September 30th 2006
I think I am running out of adjectives. Just when I think I have seen it all, China surprises me with a town like Lijiang. After a short uneventful stopover in Kunming, we've booked a room in Lijiang's "Old Town" which is completely closed to everything but pedestrian traffic. Despite the fact that most of the centuries-old homes have been converted to shops and restaurants, the charm and beauty s ... 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