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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. ... [read more]
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. ... [read more] Blog: Getting ripped off by "dancing and massage girls"
Date: July 12th 2005
Beijing has changed greatly since my last visit: it is more polluted, to the point that I can't see 150 to 200 meters down the street. I haven't seen the sun since I set foot in the city. As soon as I return home and wipe my face, the towel is black. Mendicty, corruption, prostitution, homosexuality and other so called “plagues” who are said not to exist in modern China are unfortunately blata ... read more
Date: July 12th 2005
Beijing has changed greatly since my last visit: it is more polluted, to the point that I can't see 150 to 200 meters down the street. I haven't seen the sun since I set foot in the city. As soon as I return home and wipe my face, the towel is black. Mendicty, corruption, prostitution, homosexuality and other so called “plagues” who are said not to exist in modern China are unfortunately blata ... read more
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My latest travel will take me from London to Brussels - Berlin - Warsaw - Minsk - Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Novosibirsk - Irkutsk - Ulan Bator - Beijing - Chengdu - Lhassa - Kathmandu - Bhutan - Calcutta - Lucknow - Vanarasi - New Delhi - Bahrain - Cairo - Luxor - Alexandria - Port Said -Suez - Port Sudan - Quatar - Dubai - Bander Abbas - Karachi - Mundra - Mumbai and back to London.
Read on and come back often to see how I am doing and what adventures I am going through!
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