Feeding the carp

A nice welcome to China!

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March 31st 2012
We left Hanoi bound for China on a sleeper train. The sleeper part was a bit inconspicuous cos we had to get off twice to do border crossings so the stopping and starting definitely interrupted any shut eye we needed! We arrived in Nanning and immediately noticed how busy the train station was, crowds of people everywhere. Nanning is a provincial city and the guide books really didn’t recommend ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Nanning

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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