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Guilin

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May 16th 2006
Nice to get back to dry warm weather in Guilin, after the rain of Shanghai. Only had one day in Guilin, so not much to say about it and I'll let the photographs tell the story instead. Guilin is known for its scenic location amongst a host of gnarled, 200m high rocky hills on the Li River. Spent the day wandering through the parks, and trying to figure out the strange names put on the lime ... 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