Zhenhai tower

Guangzhou to Taishan

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January 17th 2011
Next morning we decided to leave Guangzhou and go to James small village 1 drive away from Taishan (2hr bus ride from Guangzhou). Before we left Guangzhou we went walking in Yuexiu Park, visited the Zhenhai tower, and went to see the Nanyue King Mausoleum Museum. In the late afternoon we picked up our heavy packs and caught a taxi to the busy bus station 2 blocks away in the heavy traffic. Once ... 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