Xiamen

Leaving Xiamen and Guangzhou

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March 2nd 2008
Well as I expected I’m a few days behind schedule with my travel blog! No real surprise! I decided to put my feet up on my last day in Xiamen. Having spent the last day running around the city fitting in as many sights as I could I thought it best before my train journey to Guangzhou to make full use of the excellent DVD store just down the road and furthermore rest up on the extremely comfo ... 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