In the Park!

China - Chengdu, Pandas and Emei Shan

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September 2nd 2011
Chengdu The next morning we had a flight at 10.40 to Chengdu and arrived at our hotel in our next smog ridden destination about lunchtime. The food in this area is particularly spicy so we skipped lunch and wandered down to the local park where it was jam packed of people dancing, singing karaoke, acrobatics, playing musical instruments! Quite a racket!! Soaked up the atmosphere and had a boat r ... read more

Asia » China

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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