Candy looking sleazy over bubble tea

In the heat of the night...

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June 26th 2005
We had ice-cream! Tsk tsk, I don't know what you were expecting to read after the title! Actually, before that we bummed out at home until afternoon because it was hot, and then we were dropped off at a subway station to make our way to Huai Hai Lu (Road) to shop and poke around. We were going to take a taxi there but I insisted on trying the subway which wasn't a great idea but an adventure ... 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