These three jogged down on my way up...I dont know what they gave this old man to get him up and down this mountain but I wish theyd given me some.

Blog 10: It's just a few steps...and then there were angels.

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July 31st 2009
Blog 10: It's just a few steps....and then there were angels. Well I'm telling you, it isn't. Not by any stretch of the imagination is it just a few steps. Huang Shan. Or Yellow Mountain if you prefer. FMG. Seven days ago, I undertook to go up Huang Shan. This is what happened... I got up early as you know dear reader, I had 6 hours and 3 buses to catch. Well I was happily on my wa ... 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