A Herd of Water Buffalo

Guilin Part 3

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January 13th 2015
Well this will be the final entry for this trip. I woke up early this morning in hopes of catching the sunrise. I hiked to the top of a peak in hopes of getting a glimpse of the sun. No such luck. It was the same hike I did yesterday, and it is a nice one. I still had some nice views and could enjoy the morning music blasting from the elementary school down below. China, I've got to say, is a nois ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Xingping

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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