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Jiao ShanOne of the places to ascend the Great Wall around Shanhaiguan featuring spectacular views and good hiking. 4km north of the city. Admission: 15 yuan. A cable car can take you up to the top for an ...
Shanhaiguan - Attractions Hiking
GansuSparsely populated province in northwest China which used to be at the heart of the Silk Road.
Attractions include:
* The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, a post on the former Silk Road
* Jiayuguan P...
China
Dali Airport (DLU)Open since 1995, Dali airport now flies 35 flights a week.
Direct flights to:
* Kunming (daily)
* Jinghong
* Changsha
* Tianjin
Flights change seasonally, and sometimes weekly. No public...
Xiaguan - Airports Transportation
folk custom -- candy making craft 
meisje (96)Review by meisje (96):
For such candy, they can be made to different shapes, especially animals.
With a compass-liked flat plate and one wooden arrow, you turn round the arrow and then you will get the candy shaped the...
Chengdu - Art
ItalyItaly became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a clos...
ThailandA unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless r...
JapanIn 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stabi...
AustraliaAboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770...
SpainSpain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the coun...
CanadaA land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has develop...
United KingdomGreat Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the ...
SingaporeSingapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's m...
FranceAlthough ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the mo...
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