The scenery along the river

May Day holiday weekend at the Three Gorges

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May 10th 2005
We arrived in Wuhan on Friday morning after catching the early morning train from Guangshui Town - that railway station is so dirty! To board the train you cross two railway lines (this train line is the main line to Beijing) dragging your cases behind you over the tracks - there are no over rail stairs. After the usual push and shove to get onto the train we had no seats to sit on as we are too p ... 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