Da Dong Hai Beach

New China and the Chinese New Year

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February 10th 2010
After dropping off Ross and Gus at the airport in Guilin on a warm February evening we walked over to the nearest travel agent and looked into a few “what ifs”. We knew we had been cold for three months with little, if any, reprieve. We craved more than anything to simply plop down outdoors, breath clean air, and enjoy a cool (not cold) 633ml Shan Shui, Mountain-Water beer with a good boo ... 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