Looking Down From Buddha's Feet

Back home in Nanjing!

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November 28th 2008
Here’s two days wrapped in one. Thanksgiving we were quite busy, nonstop actually, which we should be accustomed to now, but sometimes you forget I guess. The morning started out touring. We were all kind of grumbling going there because we just wanted some time to ourselves…then we got there, and it was amazing. I don’t know the name of it in Chinese or English, but it was really neat! ... read more

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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