Mmm, nice!

Yangshuo and Longsheng

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October 25th 2006
We clambered down from the sleeper train, tired and hungry, at about 5am, and went to check into our hotel in Yangshuo and get some grub. Yangshuo has a really amazing landscape with stunning limestone peaks for miles in every direction. We were lucky enough to get into the heart of this beautiful town on an excellent bike ride. The ride was punctuated by photo stops and interesting events, no ... 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