new year

Yangshuo i loved you!!

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January 9th 2008
After shanghai yangshuo was GREEN GREEN GREEN and totally stunning and the most laid back and chilled place i've ever visited. Its a party town- backpackers place which i was worried would be pretentious and yes its is but it does it so well. New years eve started with comarant fishing, yes wierd for me i know, but its a curious thing, they train cormarants to dive off boats and bring the fish b ... 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