The Whole Group

Yangshuo

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March 14th 2008
It's been a few days since I've updated any entries, and I've done a lot. I'm leaving in an hour to Wuhan on an overnight train and from there we're busing it to Yichang for the river boat trip up the Three Gorges. It's going to be amazing. Anyway, I've met my group, and they're all a pretty friendly bunch. My roommate's name is Janet, and the girl from England I talked to on the forum, Hannah, ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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