Earthquake damaged roads on the way to Rilong

China

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August 11th 2012
Traveling China. I arrived in Kunming, China after taking an overnight sleeper bus from Odomxai, Laos. Entering China was like coming to another world and luckily my first impressions of the Chinese people proved to be untrue for the rest of the trip. Crossing the Boarder was surprisingly easy but my bags were searched at the boarder and twice in the space of a few hours afterwards when the bu ... 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