Rice terrace up close.

Guilin - Yangshuo - Xi'an

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March 30th 2009
Mom and I arrived safely in Xi'an last night. It has been a really great couple of days. We spent two days in Guilin, two days in Yangshuo and now 4 days in Xi'an. Guilin was supposed to be a pretty small city by China standards but it was huge to me and we got lost taking the local bus. I think I already mentioned this in my last blog so I will not repeat myself. The second day we took a tour to ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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