first meal out

first dining experience

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November 21st 2008
A group of 7 of us went out for a meal to the local eating out area. Off we went on our bikes sharing the space with scooters, no lights on anything, no helmets, but we all got there OK. All along the rode in one spot were local fruit stalls with loud speakers set up hawking their wares. One of the teachers speaks fluent Mandarin so we tried a restaurant that no one had been to before, a litt ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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