Waterfall madness

The beautiful Zoo!

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May 23rd 2006
We got up at a very early hour - midday, and strolled in the heat to a lovely park. We had a makeshift picnic there (Chinese supermarkets don’t really cater for cucumber sandwiches and pork pies) and lounged around in our own sweat. It was approximately 1000% humidity. We stumbled across a zoo, randomly located inside the park. The animals were kept in appalling conditions (except for the gian ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Guilin

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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