It's really built into a mountain!

Amazing Caves and a bit of sickness

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September 27th 2006
After a long day of traveling we arrived in Pingyao tonight. This morning we had to catch a bus from Datong to Taiyuan and then walk to the train station and buy tickets for a train from Taiyuan to Pingyao. First I’ll tell you about Datong. The train from Beijing to Datong was approximately 6 hours long. I woke up feeling very under the weather and it only continued to get worse. 3 hours into ... read more

Asia » China » Shanxi » Datong

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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