View from Miaojiang Great Wall

Escape from Zhenyuen

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July 29th 2014
If I didn't mention it earlier, Zhenyuen is a busy tourist town. It is summer break and the Chinese travel, sometimes in large groups. I targeted today as an escape from town. First stop, after my morning noodles, Tiexi, in the opposite direction of Wuyang. Small buses wait at the old bridge to take people up to this gorge, about 20 minutes outside of town. It's quiet and has well-maintaine ... 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