Jiuzhaigou Panda Lake

Made in China - Jiuzhaigou

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September 24th 2013
We get a sleep in and sample another great buffet breakfast. This one has “Baked Bean Curd with Tomato Sauce”, which is of course baked beans. You have to be flexible in your acceptance of what things are. Idira collects us at 10am, and we visit a shop immediately down-valley of the Sheraton to get some bananas and snacks for lunch. The hotel offers a packed lunch, but we think it’s a bit st ... 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