hua shan

Hua who? Shan of course!

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October 28th 2007
Hua shan was an overnight trip away from Xian, 2 hrs by public train or 3 hrs returning via congested motorway network (more later!) We left our large packs at the not so ritzy train station hotel (this was for a quick getaway on our return to the lovely moated and walled city of Xian) at 7.30am Saturday morning and headed across the road to the train station, tickets purchased by Jordan and cost ... 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