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Trip Report #2: China’s Most Beautiful Village — Dehang, Hunan

Following our misty mountain hop through Zhangjiajie, we traveled south by train to the town of Jishou.  Jishou isn’t really anything, it’s a transportation center masquerading as a fugly provincial town, but it’s a convenient gateway t... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Mon, Jul 13 2009

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