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Guilin By Aishling

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March 3rd 2008
Sunday 2nd March So we arrived in Guilin delighted to have the air hostess inform us that it is 17deg C! warmth at last!! And it was! so we got ourselves out of the airport where there was only one option to get into town, an airport bus which was 20Y (2euro)...pretty expensive in china terms! So we got on a crappy minibus and sat there for about 20mins waiting to go until they moved us ... 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