Huxley's Bar in Houhai

One World One Dream

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July 24th 2008
To make a long story short, we arrived in Beijing with no place to stay - having only just found out before getting on the 30 hour train ride. Luckily, Jon knows people, and people know Jon, so we got a floor to crash on for a while. Sweet. Thanks Adam, Andy, and Shamus. And a howdy doody to Tony. One of the first things we did upon arriving in Beijing was go to visit Jon's high school host fam ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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