Lhasa, Tibet

Pingyao to Fenghuang

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August 24th 2007
Oh boy this is going to be a long one. We haven't placed an entry since leaving Beijing & since then we've headed south & west through China visiting Taiyuan/Pingyao, Xi'an, the Yangtze River (Yichang to Chongqing), Chengdu, Lhasa (Tibet) & Wulingyuan/Fenghuang. OK since we can't write about everything we've experienced, we'll give you the highlights of the things we loved most. Pingyao was ... read more

Asia » China » Hunan » Fenghuang

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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