Further Impressions of China
June 9th 2014 An hour-long flight from the bustling contemporary world of modern Shanghai brought us to the quieter milieu of Huangshan. Our hotel here was located down a winding narrow pedestrian alley on the upstairs floor of a house from the Ming Dynasty era. The ground floor had no windows (to ward off burglars while the medieval merchant-homeowner was away), so the entrance threshold opened onto a inner co
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