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Horse Trek

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May 22nd 2009
Now, this is our final blog for our first around the world trip, and I have been putting off this for ages, cause it was a real roller coaster of a place and at times horrible!!! So here it is, our final blog that took place around Mid May, while we were still in China. We rose early that morning to catch our bus journey to Songpan. 13 months ago It would have taken 8 hours to reach Songpan, bu ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Songpan

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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