Some of the crowd on our Beijing-Chingqing train

git along (ENGLISH TITLE: train travel in china)

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September 28th 2011
So far we've survived our travels without any major snafus. Not got off at the wrong stop. Not been separated getting on and off. Not been hopelessly lost or even anything remotely like that. It's been good. Not to say that we haven't been anxious. We have. Day one at the Beijing Airport. Giant place with tons of people and not a lot of English spoken. Karen, K ... 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