View from the Cablecar

Burning up in Chongqing

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July 9th 2009
Having booked ourselves onto a three night Yangtze River trip (not the luxurious cruise that you may have in mind) in our last hostel, we made our way to Chongqing, a huge city that marks the beginning of our river adventure. We left Xi'an on an overnight hard sleeper from a busy, warm and dirty train station. Having waited for the stampede of Chinese passengers to enter the train we leisurely str ... 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