Sampan Ride

Heave Ho - two men in the back, a grunt of 12 tourists, and more men rowing hard in the front. Sadly we engaged in some cheerleading for our boat to overtake another ... but ... the local guide coached our vocabulary.

WAAAY Down Upon the Yangtze River...

April 7th 2012
SORRY, but this is going to be an incredibly long-winded blog (everything about China is out-sized, even our blog), so if you like, just skim the titles and if you see something that catches your fancy, READ ON … and skip the parts that don't grab you (of course, it's ALL incredibly fascinating!). Big Brother in China might be watching over you … but if you skip ... read more

Asia » China » Yangtze River » Shennong Stream

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

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