Chongqing - Dazu Grotto - At the Monastery

China and Beyond VIII

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July 22nd 2009
My last full day in Chongqing was filled by a tour to Baoding Shan at Dazu, about 100km west of Chongqing. When I first signed up for the tour through a friend, I had envisioned a comfortable bus with reclining seats and full windows with bottled water...afterall, the cost was not minimal. Well, the cost may not have been minimal but the tour bus was. Taken by a minibus to a lesser minibus seem ... 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