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Dodgy Massage, National festival, backstreets of Haikou

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September 27th 2010
We showed a taxi driver the chinese characters for 'massage' and he took us to a place down a back alley somewhere. I'm glad Ben went first, because this is what happened to him! He still has red circles on his back over a week later. Whilst in Sanya, we also joined in with the Chinese tradition of mid autumn festival - a national holiday. In this part of the country, they celebrate by flood ... read more

Asia » China » Hainan

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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