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Yangshuo Biking

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January 15th 2011
Finally day three and the sun is poking through the mist (pollution?) for us. Pete and I chose to hire more ‘fancy’ bikes from Bike Asia which included helmets, safety drilled into me from childhood! We ended up hiring a guide who was there and told us she could take us around the smaller more difficult to navigate roads. I’m really glad we chose to take a guide, as we definitely wouldn’ ... 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