On the way to work

Guillin & Yangshou

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March 25th 2008
Guillin & Yangshou Jan 08 We arrived in Guillin very early in the morning,bleary eyed after another sleepless night spent on a Karaoke bus playing an awful combination of chinese pop and Westlife, AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!! Guillin in the morning was misty but in the afternoon when the sun was out we could see the limestone mountains surrounding the city and it was beautiful (for a city anyway). We ... 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