A temple in the monastery

Chengdu, China

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April 26th 2005
Hello again, The way to Chengdu was different. We left the mountains, and everything became green. It looked more like the China you imagine - rice fields, green villages, etc. Reached Chengdu on the evening of the 23rd. It was LEIL HASEDER. When we arrived to the guesthouse everybody told us that we just missed all the Israeli guys who went to a big SEDER somewhere in town. Instead of that - we w ... 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