China – Walled cities, Terra cotta warriors and BIG panda bears!
Friday, May 26th, 2006We made our way from Beijing to a little town called Pingyao. It’s the only fully intact Ming Dynasty (about 600 years ago) walled city in China and it has never been restored just repaired in places. It’s is also a UNESCO World Heritage site and is so beautiful. We biked around the outter walls and walked through the old streets…….we stayed at Harmony Guesthouse where Jipu and his wife were so friendly and the food was great and there were plenty of other backpackers to draw knowledge out of.
Unfortunately, we didn’t find out about the corruption of this little town until we were going to leave. Let me tell you about the train-ride from HELL and the corruption from this little beautiful town that caused it. [read on]
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