the lake at hangzhou

Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chengdu

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August 10th 2010
After Yangshuo we went to Hong Kong but instead of the usual policy of staying in the City, we hot-footed it over to one of the outlying islands called Lamma. This place was wicked as for the first time in a few months we finally got to relax on a beach. Of course we then had to take a ferry back to the mainland every time we wanted to do something but this was more than worth it. It was also n ... 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