Emperor Guesthouse

Visited Places in China

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August 6th 2010
Currently I'm at Sim's Cozy Guesthouse in Chengdu. This is a real place for chilling and for doing nothing. You can watch DvD all day long, read, drink, eat, chill in their garden. Just what I need at this stage. In Kunming I stayed in the cloudland youth hostel. Just for a break and then I went to Lijang to Mama's Naxi Guesthouse, which wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. I would ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Tian'anmen

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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