Palm trees!

Shenzhen - night train to Guilin

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July 20th 2009
In the morning I checked out of the hostel in Hong Kong and went on my way towards the metro station at East Tsim Sha Tsui. The process of getting there, getting a ticket and getting in the train went very easy. An hour from the relaxed departure, I arrived at the station Lo Wu, the China border crossing. The crossing went very easy, although I had to fill in many forms. This time they chec ... 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