Shanghai

Shanghai

---

August 24th 2010
Shanghai We travelled to Shanghai via a 19 hr train journey. We had a deluxue soft sleeper, as it was the only one we could get and we had already delayed our trip by a day and our time was very limited in china, which looking back we should of stayed a month as we wanted. Damm sta travel guide. The ppl we met raved about the countryside and I wish I did more exploring in china. It wa ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

---

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