Bamboo Wish

Bamboo Temple

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April 6th 2010
This last week, with Tom's parents visiting, we got a chance to get to some of the actual tourist sites around town, something we normally wouldn't make time for. They got out to some places like Lijiang and Dali, but I'm tied down with my school schedule, so I was only able to make it for some of the day trips. Normally, I'm not the kind to get very excited about temples in China. Most of th ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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