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Drum Towers and Wind and Rain Bridges on the road to Pingtan

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May 4th 2011
Hi All, Another cracking nights sleep and up early ready for another walk. I must admit I was a little stiff from yesterday. For those of you that know me you may notice that I'm now having to walk with a stick and I can no longer walk very far without wearing a sports brace on my knee. It does ache though at night. Anyway enough about me getting old. Headed south today as advised by the Lone ... read more

Asia » China » Hunan

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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