Fishing Village

Karst Mountains, Rice Terraces and journeys to remember

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January 31st 2010
So we took the train in the late afternoon, the day after the night out, to Guilin in the south of China. Arriving in sunshine and with slightly warmer weather. The 28 hour journey meant that we were limited to just having dinner with some French guys at the hostel but we planned to go to Yangshuo the day after, an hour and a half bus ride south of Guilin. That day has probably been my favouri ... read more

Asia » China » Hunan » Guilin

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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