Yangshuo

Guilin-Yangshuo-Dali-Lijiang

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January 4th 2009
Now I am on my own. I arrived in Guilin and left my backpack at the airport luggage storage. I was a bit stressed with all the warning I got mainly from chinese, I prefered travelling light for this first leg of the trip. I was planning to go directly to Yangshuo. The airport shuttle was bringing us close to the bus terminal but quite far from Guilin old town. So I didn't take time to visit Gui ... 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