Bamboo Cruise (1)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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March 12th 2012
My last stop before Hong Kong on my all too short tour of China was Yangshuo. I really did love the town and surrounding countryside, but there were a few things I could have done without and one awful situation that occurred while I was leaving the city (the ugly). The Good I think Yangshuo has to be my favourite stop in China. There really is nowhere in the world like Guilin pr ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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