The Monastery

Young children chanting

September 15th 2013
Bruce's Blog 4 Shenzhen, Yangshuo The Age reports that the.population of Shenzhen thirty years ago was 350,000 and was a swampy agricultural area. We were planning to visit twenty years ago but were told there was a cholera outbreak and as we had 6 year old Ben with us, decided not to go. We did not realised Liz had close relatives living there at that time. Now the population has i ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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

Message Follow (0) Comment

Norman Bruce Murray

Bruceliz

Bruce and Liz are in the plus 60 age group. We will be sending this blog to our children and grand children and friends. Bruce and Liz are travelling for six weeks to Malaysia and Chins. Liz is originally from Sabah (North Borneo) and will attend a school reunion with class mates from 50 years ago. We will join with Liz's sister Helen and her partner Yap for our travel to Chna. From Sabah we will go to Hong Kong and then to Shenzhen in China where Liz will visit her ancestral home. Living there are her great uncle and cousins who are looking forward to our visit.... full info

Joined	August 13th 2013	Trips	1
Last Login	August 13th 2014	Followers	0
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	0
Blogs	6	Guestbook	3
Photos	35	Forum Posts	0

[photo=7709774]

[blogger=272378]

[photo=7709774]

[blog=807324]

[blogger=272378]

Trips (1)Blog Map

Tot: 0.043s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 27; dbt: 0.0282s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb