By the river in Yangshuo

Yangshuo

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October 18th 2007
After a long journey involving a 4 hour bus journey, 14 hour overnight train and then another hour bus journey we arrived at Yangshuo at just before 6am. We didn't know anything about the place we were going to and had no time to read up about it other than it had spectacular scenery and as we both slept on the last bus journey we were confu ... 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