Yangshou

Limestone Paradise

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September 7th 2010
I left Guilin early in the morning to get on the bamboo river boat ride. It was really a boat made of pvc pipe. I when I got on I felt sort of riped off, but I actually saw a real bamboo boat and decided there was no way that would make it down the river and thought it was best they changed things for the better. The trip was a 30min bus ride to the river, 3hrs on the boat, 30min on a golf cart to ... 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