Streets of Yangshou

Yangshou

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June 28th 2011
We wake early. Most people would think that you would get to sleep in on holidays, but this is not the case when you are partnered with an energetic travel companion like I am. Tea is important, the black leaf variety, essential ritual for the start to the day. Guess what? English tea is very hard to procure in China. I am sitting in my room, looking at the view through my open window. Typing the ... read more

Asia » China

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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