The courtyard at the Giggling Tree

New Year in Yangshuo

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December 30th 2009
Sorry for not yet posting the Christmas blog but we jetted off for our New Year's break early on Monday morning and had not had time to add our pics. This blog comes to you from our very cosy guest house in Yangshuo on our other laptop but we promise to add our Christmas pics next week when we are home. For now, I want to update you on the fantastic time we are having here....we have done so much ... 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