Blog 23: VISIONS OF CHINA Part 2 - Landscapes Sichuan Style and A Warrior's Birthday
April 29th 2008 Our second of the two flights that would take us to Jiuzhaigou was delayed due to weather conditions at the receiving airport. However, after several hours we were descending between mountains on our approach to Jiuzhai airport, some 3500m above sea level; it was snowing!
We were in the northern Sichuan Province, and with no visas being issued at present, it would be the closest we would get to
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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 
