Running down a very steep slope

Trip to the Countryside

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March 27th 2006
Friday night, we ended up at the Youth Hostel again, just for a change! It was Patrick’s birthday, a Canadian who lives here, and so we celebrated with whiskey, beer, and several rounds of a dodgy card game called ‘Circle of Death’, which basically just involves a lot of drinking gulps for various sketchy reasons. We were also playing with Joachim, the Swedish husband of Jocelyn, one of the ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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