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Day 312 - First of many monasteries

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May 10th 2007
Gemma was suffering with the cold that Ed had kindly passed on, so stayed in and around the hotel whilst Ed went off for a guided day around Lijiang, capital of the Naxi kingdom. Lijiang is a UNESCO site and the status actually refers to the old town, where we were staying, and a couple of historic villages nearby. Some highlights here included a camellia tree, supposedly with 10,000 blossoms, Bla ... 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