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Guilin

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November 25th 2010
Guilin, Yangshou After a 24 hour train journey, which was not as bad as it could have been (A-OK according to Will) Quote from Tory - If I got kidnapped no one would even care - Quote from Will agreed Seriously, we would recommend the soft sleepers, pot noodles and boiled eggs and all! Guilin, non eventful... so we took a bamboo raft down the Li River ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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