Li River

Yangshuo

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April 4th 2009
Yangshuo is a limestone karst countryside where there are over 20,000 limestone karsts; steep, tree-covered mounds ranging from 100 to 300 meters high covering an area of 1,428 square km. The region has a population of roughly 300,000 with it's main industries being agriculture and tourism. We spent two days here cycling through the limestone karst countryside and took a boat trip along the Li Ri ... 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