Me in front of a cute part of Westlake

Hangzhou: paradise on earth

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July 1st 2012
This weekend we were luck enough to be able to take a three day long trip to Hangzhou, often referred to as china’s paradise on earth. It was a three hour bus ride away but when we got off the bus we saw the first stretch of blue sky we had seen in weeks. The city surrounds a vast and gorgeous lake called West Lake and boasts more then 2000 years of history. We were lucky enough to be able to ta ... read more

Asia » China » Hangzhou

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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