Huai Hai Lu

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June 27th 2005
Or until you're eaten alive by mosquitoes ahhhhhhhh!!! Took a cab back to Huai Hai Lu today since we didn't make much progress yesterday. At Candy's insistence we tried to find our way back to Xin Tian Di, the trendy cafe/bar area to have brunch. I didn't learn the name of the area until after we found it, so I had to trudge around with map in hand asking security guards where the "street wit ... 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