Hangzhou 097

Hangzhou

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June 15th 2010
Hangzhou We fly into Shanghai and are met with a guide that was previously arranged to take us from there to Hangzhou by train. of course our plane was delayed an hour and a half and when we land, we learned we have to drive about 45 minutes to board a train that leaves in 30 minutes...needless to say, we were running through the airport, boarded a taxi that drove extremtley fast and w ... 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