Fast Train to Chongqing

Pandas

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May 9th 2014
Geo: 30.6679, 104.063Today we visit the Panda Breeding Research Centre, then catch a fast train for the two-hour trip to Chongqing where we will join our Yangtze cruise. Hopefully WiFi will be available while on the river.The panada experience was very good and the 20min video in the cinema told me all I wanted to know about them. As we've come to expect, the grounds were spotless and ve ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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