Li River Cruise

Guilin, Yangshuo and Longshen

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October 4th 2012
Fresh from a few restful days in Xiamen, we boarded our flight to Guilin in the hope of returning to a more travelled path. The town of Guilin, with a population of 5 million, is a 'small' city according to the locals. It has a very unique terrain with Karst limestone rock formations springing out of the ground at random. This makes the surrounding area beautiful to gaze upon as the bus ra ... 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