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Hangzhou boat trip

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September 10th 2012
There was not time to visit all the viewpoints and sights in Hangzhou, but I fitted in a boat trip before the train to Nanjing. The boat trips go to a small island on the lake. The traditional highlight on the island is the "three ponds mirroring the moon". This sounds very exotic. There are three small stone pagodas in the lake and everyone takes photos of them from the island. They are quite sma ... 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