Chinese old men are cool

Where the heck are we?

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April 17th 2008
Well, turns out Zhengzhou (which is where we are) has 10 million people but doesn't even figure on this websites list of cities - go figure? So yeah, we figured out our way around the train station (actually really easy in the end) - had a leisurely 6 hour train ride south to Zhengzhou. It wasn't a bullet train or anything - about 160km/hr for those who really want to know - but was awesomely effi ... 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