Flying colors

Quaint and Traditional

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September 26th 2006
Monday September 25, 2006 - Our train didn't actually go to Pingyao directly. Instead, we arrived in Taiyuan around 5:30am where we had to catch a bus to Pingyao. The bus didn't leave until 7:30am and it took a few hours to get there. We found out later that we could have taken a train, quicker and cheaper, but what was done was done. Pingyao is a very quaint small town, with the old city being co ... 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