We finally arrived in XinPing!

Relaxing in Guilin

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July 28th 2012
Guilin was where the natural beauty of China started to become apparent for Nick and me. We had seen some gorgeous scenery up to this point but Guilin is where it started to become hard to get away from it. After our brutal overnight bus, we spent two nights in Guilin city and used it as a jumping off point. That part of the country is know for some of the most beautiful rice terraces so we took t ... 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