Alas, the weather wasn't too cooperative as we did our little tour around Austria's lakes and mountains, but the scenery was magnificent nonetheless Hallstatt was considered so beautiful by the Chinese that they made a perfect replica We toured the Mondsee, the Titteesee and the Wolfgangsee in the Salzkammergut. The mighty Austrian Alps towered over everything putting human endeavours such as houses and towns into modest perspective. The charming 900 year old UNESCO World Heritage village of Hallstatt above is a perfect example. The Chinese may have copied each building and even the statues with the same zeal that they copy Gucci handbags, but as yet, they have not been able to clone the mountains. While the Austrians aren't too thrilled , and the legal ramifications are being looked at, they say that you cannot capture the essence of a place so easily. Indeed. the copy may work in their favour. Busloads of Chinese were in evidence to...
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