Yangshuo Countryside 2

yangzhou

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June 29th 2011
Woke 6am.Kathy has organised an English speaking guide for today. Her name is Wendy. Yeah right, the Wendy Wu tour. Enough sarcasm from the ‘experienced’ travellers, because today’s touring is going to top all of the superlatives. This is the place where Bill Clinton said this is “awesome”. We catch a ‘local’ bus and travel upstream where we hire a long tail bamboo raft for 250 Yuan ... 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