DSC00688 Typical countryside

Sat 23/10

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October 24th 2010
Sat 23 / 10 It was always going to be a long day - by bus back to Changsha and then air to Kumming Awoke to a wake up call at 5:30 (yes! That's half past 5 in the morning) After a quiet breakfast in the Tianxia Hotel at Fenghuang where the mass of people far exceeded the room we were on the bus and away at 8:05 - delayed from 7:30 in part due to the crowd and storage of bags in the bus ... 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