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Spend three days in Qingyuan and Yingde among karst river gorges, tea gardens and cave country, with realistic rural transport and weather planning for northern Guangdong.
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Spend three days in Qingyuan and Yingde among karst river gorges, tea gardens and cave country, with realistic rural transport and weather planning for northern Guangdong.
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