Train to Shanghai

New trains go over 330km/h, which is about 205mph

July 9th 2010
Mike's mom took a trip to China while I was there, and Mike and I planned to head to Beijing together for a few days before meeting her at the airport. The extra train traffic from the Expo meant that tickets to and from Beijing were hard to come by, so we had to scrap those plans. Mike went to Beijing by himself and I spent an extra day in Shanghai so I could go to the Expo again and then meet ... 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

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Andy Bouwman

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I live in Montana, USA, and have traveled around the USA, as well as to Canada and China. I set up this blog so people can keep track of me while I am in China, summer 2010. I obviously failed at keeping up with it, but I hope to fill in the gaps. I returned to Asia in May/June of 2011. I started in Shanghai, spent a few weeks in Suzhou, moved across China, and down into Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia, before ending up in Singapore and spending a day each in Macau/Hong Kong and Seoul on the way home. I went back to China, and also to Taiwan, in May/June 2012. ... full info

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