The beginning

Brisbane to Malaysia to Beijing

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September 3rd 2009
Hi everyone We’re finally here! First thing’s first. Rob, you’ve been taunting everybody at the store with you chocolates, so we have decided that if you’re not going to eat them, it’s time for the poor things to see the world, so they’re touring with us. That ought to teach you. We arrived here at about 3:30 PM after a brief stopover in Kuala Lumpur. Incredibly, nothing went wro ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Changping

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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