Johan

Cruising the Yangzi

---

January 6th 2006
We took a flight down to Chongqing where we picked up the boat that would journey downriver to Yichang. The boat itself was a little worrying looking as was pretty old and as you walked along the corridors the floors would buckle underneath you, this happened to everyone it wasn't just due to my weight! None of this was helped by the fact that throughout the journey the only CD that seemed to play ... read more

Asia » China » Chongqing

---

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