riverside view

Yangshuo Adventures

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September 30th 2007
So we passed through Guilin breifly, and couldn't get any accomodation, so we came to this nearby village of Yangshuo. It is a bit more touristy here, but it is amazingly beautiful with the limestone peaks and rivers. Today we took a bamboo raft cruise up and down the Li river. It was beautiful. We were happy that we passed on a cruise on a big boat from Guilin as this worked out to be cheaper ... 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