q-IMG 2182 - Yangtze River Cruise Day 1 - Chair Lift across the river

Yangtze River Cruise

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October 24th 2009
This blog covers 11th October to 14th October, which is the dates that we did a river cruise along the Yangtze River, the biggest river in China and the third biggest in the world. We didn’t have the Internet while on the ship, hence the reason I am so far behind in this blog. 11th October Not much happened today, it was a day dedicated to transit. We flew from Xi’an in the morning ... 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