Yangshuo Town

Starting a new journey in Yangshuo China

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June 30th 2014
The simple action of hopping off a bus and stepping foot in a new place for the very first time may not sound like a life-changing or particularly riveting moment. However, for me, as I climbed down from a rickety old bus and arrived in the famous tourist town of Yangshuo, China for the very first time, it was as if my whole view of the world had completely changed in that one moment. I could th ... read more

Asia » China

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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