Day 4 - Saturday 7/Nov/2015 - Xijiang hiking

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November 7th 2015
A six hours hike through the terraced rice fields, to the mountain pass, to the Miao village on the other valley. Without map, crossing just few chinese-only speaking people. With a picnic underway and a beer in the other village. A nice adventure, for the sights and for the human contacts despite the poor conversations. ... read more

Asia » China » Guizhou » Xijiang

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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