Dragon bridge

The Great Leap Forward

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August 6th 2011
Day 113 - Yangshuo Total Distance: 0 miles / 0 kmMouse: 0,0 After some mild (unnecessary!) panic about losing our room key we left Guilin on a local bus bound for Yangshuo, the tourist destination du jour in South China. We had instructions to get to the hostel from the bus station and we'd even arranged to be met by the hostel at the bus station, which is cool. But we weren't dropped ... 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