Walking along the Li River

Possibly found paradise?

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March 12th 2010
On arriving in Yangshuo I panicked a little - maybe I have died and gone to heaven...? A quick check in the local shops confirmed I was ok though, there was no Marmite so I couldn't possibly be dead. (I know in my heaven there will be Marmite...) So this isn't heaven, but maybe it is paradise? Yangshuo is a smallish town in Guangxi province and is surrounded by stunningly picturesque karst moun ... 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