Just walking down the middle of the street in shangri-la...

Avoiding the floods in China

---

July 17th 2010
Sorry for the delay in posting this....internet connections havent been good or we've been too pressed for time! After the Yangtze River Cruise we stayed in Yichang, a horrible city thats like one giant building site, in a horrible hostel - the only up side being that it was the night of Englands first game in the World Cup so Paul got free beer from the owner as they stayed up until 2am to ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

---

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