Bus driver - not leaving immedately

Lijiang

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April 7th 2007
Back onto the bus, more awesome scenery - tunnels, valleys, hills - and into the smaller town of Lijiang. Nice just to wander the maze-like streets and alleys - cobblestone streets, beautiful old buildings (or new ones in the same style) with red lanterns, flowering rees, huge rose bushes and small canals running through filled with fish! Very popular with tourists but has the sort of charm that ... 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