Video: South West China
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China is the 3rd largest country in the world and home to a fifth of the world's population. Closed to travellers for 30 years it is now moving on from its Maoist past offering visitors a stunning mix of bustling cites and epic landscapes.
Traveller Justine Shapiro visits South West China, starting in the Guangxi province. After a visit to the wondrous limestone pinnacle of Moon Hill, and a stay in Lung Ga, she makes her way to the Sichuan province and the bustling city of Chengdu. Her final destination is Songpan where she ends her journey with a horse trek in the breathtaking Ximending Mountains.
Along the way...
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China is the 3rd largest country in the world and home to a fifth of the world's population. Closed to travellers for 30 years it is now moving on from its Maoist past offering visitors a stunning mix of bustling cites and epic landscapes.
Traveller Justine Shapiro visits South West China, starting in the Guangxi province. After a visit to the wondrous limestone pinnacle of Moon Hill, and a stay in Lung Ga, she makes her way to the Sichuan province and the bustling city of Chengdu. Her final destination is Songpan where she ends her journey with a horse trek in the breathtaking Ximending Mountains.
Along the way...
- See the amazing Long Horn Miao tribe
- Visit the Giant Panda research center in Sichuan
- View the spectacular Huangguoshu Waterfalls - the largest in Asia
- Travel the route taken by the communists in the Long March of 1934
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