Kebabs

Meat & 2 Veg

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July 20th 2011
After a six hour train ride north west from Beijing we arrived in Datong, a much nicer city than The China Rough Guide describes; "Gritty polluted and unattractive there would seem little reason to visit Datong". We had a beautiful evening walking along the restored city wall taking in the children playing in the streets below and the signs of destruction and development on the horizon until ... 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