The view from our table at Cloud 9

Shanghai

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July 24th 2006
OK, so I'm a bit late with the update but we did make it to Shanghai and thought it was a bloomin nice city. Seeing as this happened ages ago and I'm actually now in Vietnam I'll try to keep this quick by clearly copying from my diary (I never thought I'd end up keeping a diary!). There's not as many sights in the city proper but it does seem like a cool place to wander about and definately has ... 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