Ivan at the Terracotta's

Earthquakes and temples!

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May 12th 2008
We left Shanghai on Wednesday for the beautiful canal town of Xitang. Here we had the opportunity to stay in a traditional Chinese guest house (four poster bed inculded if you dont mind!) and sample the local rice wine (smelt much worse than it tasted!) After spending a week in the busteling city it was a nice change to visit a relaxed traditional Chinese town. We then took the night train t ... 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