A short stop

Please, no more rain and clouds...

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November 21st 2006
We go out, phone searching, find a pool place, play for an hour...then back for cards and sleep. We're up before noon, check out and grab a cab to the bus station. Take a few pictures, the next destination is Kanding. Today's bus ride is...5 hours, mountain cliffs very steep, rain and more clouds as we climb into the mountains. We stop at a small town for every one to eat. Here we meet Sarah from ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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