Sim's Cozy Garden Hostel, Chengdu, China

Arriving in Chengdu, China

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June 3rd 2009
After returning to Kathmandu on June 2, I hurriedly arranged my Chinese visa. On Wednesday, Tika arranged for another company to get my visa in a day. Amazingly, they were able to get me a 60 day visa in a day. Pretty cool. Good thing, because my flight out was the next day. I went to the Kathmandu airport around 9 am on June 4. The airport seemed rather chaotic, but I actually got through ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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