Franco's...dad and Priscilla 090

Shanghai to Xian

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November 1st 2010
At this stage im pretty fed up。。。。 I was about to post a blog and it just disappeared so this will be brief。。。 The sleeper trains are rough as anything。 Beds sleep 6 per room with no door。 Toilets are very glamorous： a hole in the floor down onto the track and if anything should get stuck theres a wooden stick to poke it down through the hole。 People smoke in the carriages a ... 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