Gilded toddler

Exploring the wind and rain bridges around Chengyang

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February 14th 2013
As we left Da Zhai by bus (very cheap 5 yuan each) the views as we went down the mountain were still obscured by misty rain and heavy fog. An hour and half later we arrived in Longshen - the usual unattractive pile of white tile covered square buildings common in most secondary Chinese towns - where our bus lady directed us onto a bus (10 yuan each) just leaving the terminal. We've been really ... 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