Planting rice in Yunnan

Asia

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May 28th 2006
Right, we have forced ourselves to get up to date, so having gobbled down another bowl of rice - here we go with our latest exploits.... Firstly: Taiwan This was a slightly random destination determined by Trailfinders. We arrived puzzling how we had lost Saturday and how exactly the date line thing worked. As we had no guide book for Taiwan we had to figure it out ourselves. Taipei (Capital ... 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