The Local Market

Eat and drink like the locals

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November 29th 2006
This is the most chilled out place so far! It's the only place designed for tourists (not western but chinese) so it's easy to get around. We arrived at 7am after another ungodly 12 hours on a train and got straight into the days activities. We went on a traditional chinese cooking class, which started with a trip to the local market. That was an eye opener and destroyed everyone's appetite! We s ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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