Beautiful Yangshuo sunset

Hong Kong, Guangzhou & (finally) Yangshuo: (Nearly) finding inner peace, and the small matter of my leg falling off . . .

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April 30th 2007
I was a little apprehensive about leaving the Philippines for China, and more than a little sad to be leaving after the amazing and fascinating time I had had on the island. But the time had come to move on, and I was so excited at the prospect of meeting up with Antony, the first person from home that I was going to see since leaving the UK 7 months previously. Just before I left my hostel in Man ... 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