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Two attempts to reach the island

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June 27th 2011
On two seperate weekends a big load of us foreign students attempted to get to a little island off the east coast where there are no people and of course beautiful clear blue water and white sand. The first time the chosen mode of transport was fishing boat, and we soon enough found a friendly fisherman with a huge boat willing to take us over there. We had just about filled the boat up with peo ... 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