Yuanyang, China Photo 17

Yuanyang, China

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June 11th 2009
I woke up in Sapa and headed to the spot where a minivan was supposed to take me to the Chinese border, but the lady I had arranged things with told me I needed to jump on the back of a waiting motorcycle taxi if I wanted to make it on time. So we tied my bags to the bike and my driver floored it out of Sapa. It was a little scary, but an amazing, chilly hour long ride through the mountains at ... 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