Crane

Cruising the Yangtze

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April 16th 2015
From Shanghai, we flew to Yichang to board the Century Star. Besides us four Canadians, passengers consisted of two Australians, a small group of Germans, and mostly Chinese. The boat has a capacity of 306 passengers and we were told that there were 307 aboard.The breakfast buffet the first morning was a real eye-opener with people pushing and shoving as if they had not eaten for days. Our ... read more

Asia » China » Yangtze River

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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