Water buffaloes!

Guilin and Yangshou

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January 21st 2010
Today I am sitting in my warm hostel bed writing this blog post because it is pouring rain outside, and looks like it will probably continue for the rest of the day. The rain doesn't particularly ruin any of my plans for the day- because there is nothing in particular to do in Yangshuo. Yangshuo is a small town outside of Guilin, famous for it's strange karst mountains along the Li River. It is al ... 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