Noa on the train

Welcome to China

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February 24th 2007
We left hong kong excited towards our future advantures - by bus to Guanzhou - our first real chines city. This city was the first place europians traded with China - they bought silk and selled opuim... We spent the night in a small lovely island in the middle of town which used to be a europene area. Our hotel here was 35usd but still nice. Since Hong kong made us phisically exhausted (we are ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more