Huangshan

Huangshan-Happiness & Heartache

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July 24th 2008
The bus was grand and we arrived in Tunxi 7 hours later. The town was deadly- really typically Chinese and really well kept- we were impressed and ready to give China another fair go. The hostel was pretty cool too. We had to leave at 6 the next morning to get to the mountain which was a total epic to get there. It’s a mountain range that has apparently inspired all of China’s poets, painters ... 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