my chinese friend and me

approaching dalian

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August 22nd 2006
another night in the train that was pretty relaxing. this time i had the upper bed end again no air condition (but since most of the shanxi province is on higher altitudes the there nights are cool anyway). arriving in tianjin i still had no real plan how to get to the fairy to dalian or how to buy the ticket. from lonely planet i knew that the fairy terminal was about one hour away from tianjin a ... 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