Our jammed packed carriage

Miss Marple meets Cluedo in China

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September 20th 2010
Our new hotel room cost us £8 extra a night and was a shift from crappy hostel to decent hotel. It was lovely. There were lots of other tourists staying there too and as we sat down for our first breakfast in 2 weeks we listened somewhat smuggly to a bunch of middle aged Americans complaining of altitude sickness. One lady was crying and was being taken off to have oxygen and the next morning ... 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