Dirty filthy backpacker
September 5th 2007 I took the overnight train from Beijing to Datong to see the Hanging Monastery and Yungang Caves there. Datong is really just one big industrial town. It is the source of a big portion of China's coal and the city certain smells like it. The odor of coal permeates the air here. When I blew my nose and took a look at what came out, there were black specks of coal dust. I wonder what the life expect
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