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Yangtse River Cruise Day 1

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June 30th 2007
This blog will encompass the three days of the cruise. The Yangtse is nicknamed the furnace for a reason after 5 minutes on deck it got so hot to even breath properly so sight seeing for the first day was restricted. We set sail early in the morning and had a welcome cocktail party in the afternoon before visiting the Ghost Fengdu. This place is rather strange all set up around the Chinese supper ... 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