ShangLi OldTown 20180720_113816

ShangLi OldTown

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July 20th 2018
Hi All, Back on the road again. This summer we're travelling through western Sichuan down into Yunnan. First stop is in a small village on the edge of the Tibetan plateau called ShangLi about half an hour outside of Ya'an. Some of the bridges around the village date from the late 17th century. The village has been spruced up for the tourist trade but it still retains it's rural charm. Just ou ... 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