Learning to play Marjong

Chongqing and the Yangtze River

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October 15th 2007
Well, we are actually in Thailand now as we have been really busy over the last week so unable to find time to update our blog....sorry. Last time we wrote we were in Chengdu visiting the panda's and after we went on a cruise up the Yangtze. We sailed from a city called Chongqing, our thoughts on this town before we arrived was that it wo ... read more

Asia » China » Yangtze River

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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