View from our hotel bedroom window!

An active few days of kayaking and cycling in Yangshuo

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March 22nd 2009
We are in China! We arrived here on Friday night and the first thing that struck me was how quiet it was. I was expecting in to be really busy. The whole airport was practically deserted. When we cleared customs there were only about 10 people waiting to pick people up. Thankfully one of them was waiting for us. He did not speak any English but with some general arm waving we got loaded into t ... 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