Cruising The Yangtze

Our boat sails out of the Wu Gorge. Notice the bare rock at the base of the cliffs; this was where the water once rose to, in places a good 20m higher than the current water level.

A Cruise Down The Yangtze

August 17th 2017
Never backpack China in summer. As well as crowds of domestic Chinese tourists - the most annoying of all tourists - all taking their holidays, it is bloody hot. With no point-to-point transport available to foreign tourists like there is in Vietnam, transfers have to be made between stations and accommodations, and travelling alone with my budget starting to spread thin, taxis are not an option. ... read more

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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

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