Yu Garden's stone lions

It's Shanghai baby!

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March 24th 2010
The slow train arrived in Shanghai around midnight the day before and i decided that i will stay in the hostel today to catch up on sleep, laundry and this blog. I have a room mate but she was sleeping when i arrived and she woke up before i did. It was major washing for me and the fact that there is a dryer in the hostel helped alot as Shanghai is raining! I met my room mate later in the day, her ... 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