An Afternoon Strolling Around ChiKan 20140708_152915

An Afternoon Strolling Around ChiKan

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July 9th 2014
Hi All, Really easy to get here. A short coach trip from Guangzhou to Kaiping and then a half an hour bus ride to Chikan. I stayed in the Tribe of Diaomin Hostel which was ideally placed alongside the Tanjiang River. Chikan was built in the 1920 by overseas Cantonese merchants. The style of the buildings is amazing. Really great fun just wandering around the back streets listening to the swallo ... 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