DSC00499 Typical Lookout

Thur 21 / 10

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October 21st 2010
Thur 21 / 10 Yesterday certainly us the WoW factor but today's return to other parts of the Zhangjiajie National Park has extended the appreciation of nature in all her beauty and the ability of the Chinese to make this accessible (at least to able body people of a basic fitness. Avatar (the movie) did demonstrate the ability of computer graphics to convey the storyline but it is this magni ... 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