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Tuesday - arrive and walk round village and beer pong

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August 29th 2014
After checking in and some much needed rest - no sleep, and a shower we met up at 11.30am for brunch and headed to a local restaurant which served Chinese and western food. I chose western whilst I still had the opportunity. It was still raining and likely to remain that way all day. Originally our activities for the day were bamboo rafting and cormorant fishing, but as the river was too h ... 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