Looking out on the Gorge

Tiger Leaping Gorge

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November 4th 2006
When we were relaxing in Dali, we speculated that we could just spend three months there in comfort and make up the rest of the Blog. Being thoroughly ignorant at that time about the Gorge, the Blog for this bit of travelling would most likely have banged on about being terrified of the tigers and how they were leaping around the place. Well luckily we didn't cop out as Tiger Leaping Gorge is a ... 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