Wenshu Temple (3)

Good to be back in the saddle

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July 9th 2011
Hi All, Yes good to be back in the saddle. Unfortunately it's not the saddle of a tibetan horse but a pushbike saddle. It brought back fond memories of Zhengzhou cycling around the city today. We did very well and didn't get lost once. We've decided to head back to Shaoyang once our time is up here in Chengdu. We've visited a couple of temples today and had some excellent noo ... 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