Food Market St

Quirky Qufu

---

March 10th 2006
SOUTH AFRICA 3 ----- Australia 2 SO SO SO Sweet. Well on to far less important things, life and travel. That terrible train ride was well worth it in the end due to the fact that Qufu is such a gem of a town. Stayed on the corner of this very busy street right next to a food market. It was great. The sounds and smells were brilliant. Ate there every day. Spent the first day running aroun ... read more

Asia » China

---

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