Incredible Architecture

Next stop Lijiang

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June 12th 2008
We arrived into Lijiang's new town at the end of our long public bus ride and our Gap escort had arranged for some local porters to come and collect our bags so we could walk 30 minutes into the Old Town to where we were staying. Immediately we fell in live with this old town, with the small laneway's and cobbled stones and beautiful Chinese architecture. We checked into our Guest House which ... read more

Asia » China

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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