Out in the hills

The Road to Chengdu...

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September 23rd 2012
Geo: 32.443, 105.818Cycling notes mainly for reference…From HanZhong it's a fantastic journey, firstly we cycle into Da'an 85 km away which was mainly downhill but through a beautiful valley, it makes all the hard work of going up mountains worthwhile when you get to go down them. The valley is just breathtaking and I could take a million photographs, it really ... 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