Yangshuo 5

The Rest of China (Plus Hong Kong)

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November 23rd 2007
Okay, after yet another fantabulous entry by Ross I'll move us on to the rest of China. We left the beautiful lake and scenery at Hangzhou behind and headed on our first bullet train experience to a town around the middle of South China called Nancheng. Organised as ever, we we're running a smidgen late, so we both ended up pounding down the station platform, laden as pack mules, on a hot China af ... 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