Lights on the river outside our hostel

Guangzhou again

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January 20th 2011
After the two village nights we were due to head out and continue north. James and Macey brought us back to the bus in Taishan city, and then we were on our own. The bus trip back to Guangzhou was fairly uneventful. Of course not without slightly nerve wracking moments in the driving style, and a little quick worry about whether we were meant to get off at the place where the bus initially stopp ... 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