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Guilin and Yangshou

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October 10th 2014
Tuesday On any bucket list of must-do sightseeing in China, a cruise on the Li River must be in there somewhere. We boarded our boat after breakfast and spent 4 hours cruising through steep-sided gorges, admiring the stunning scenery on a sweltering day (30C). At the most scenic part we were joined by a flotilla of small bamboo rafts, carrying mainly Chinese tourists. In the evening w ... 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