Guangzhou

Second Day in Guangzhou

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April 11th 2008
After some noodles for breakfast we hopped onto the train and headed for Yue Xiu park. After finding the entrance we went for a massive wander and looked at all there was to see. the weather was quite bad but the rain didn't stop us. We found some ping pong tables and played our little hearts out. In one of our sheltering spots there was a group of people playing their mandolins and we listened to ... 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