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Going rural

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July 31st 2013
Day 10 - Going rural Cynthia, Abbie, Gloria had a late night making sense of 'stuff' for a couple of hours! ..... And Abbie was only looking for her glasses! We had a lie in this morning - 9am. All shifted and sorted by 10.30, then out into 3 mini buses to head for Quinling mountain. This mountain is an important point in China as it continues from T ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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