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Chengdu

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December 2nd 2005
Bec. After a few beers we arrived in Chengdu which is the capital of Sichuan. Being a hot spicy food fan and having read about the hotpots and snack food thought this city would be a good stop off on our way down to The Three Gorges. As it turned out the food was the only hot thing about the city mainly because the places we visited and the places we stayed were all baltic, so David and I sp ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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