A Guard

China in Hindsight

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October 1st 2007
Now that I am back home, I can sit down and actually digest what has happened during the past month or so. It's been a long strange trip. I was starting to get use to being on the road. Going where ever I wanted. Doing whatever i wanted. I felt free. I was getting comfortable with living my life out of a backpack too. Owning three T-shirts seemed a little rough at first, but it quickly became ... read more

Asia » China

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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