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Xi'an-Chengdu Train

Hard sleeper berths, more comfortable than I'd feared! The 16h ride was certainly much better than the one from Mandalay-Katha in Myanmar that I took three years ago, and still have occasional nightmares about...
Chengdu (19-23 Jun 15)

June 21st 2015
Moving on from Xi-an, it was a 16h train ride southwest to Sichuan province, which I'd come tantalisingly close to the last time I visited China, when I spent some time in the neighbouring province of Yunnan. This time, I made it to the provincial capital of Chengdu, a city known for its spicy hotpot, pandas, and pretty, fair-skinned girls. As mentioned, the big attraction of the city is the n ... read more
Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

Chinese Flag 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
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