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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]
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] Blog: Chengdu
Date: November 19th 2006
Train Ride I've just finished a 12 hour over night train ride and I'm feeling the bruises its unrelenting shaking has left! Another side effect of an overnight train is you feel really dizzy the day after (with or without the booze)! We had 'soft sleeper' carriages, which are the best available and we still had share lovely squat toilets and had cockroaches run up our walls! Plus if you ... read more
Date: November 19th 2006
Train Ride I've just finished a 12 hour over night train ride and I'm feeling the bruises its unrelenting shaking has left! Another side effect of an overnight train is you feel really dizzy the day after (with or without the booze)! We had 'soft sleeper' carriages, which are the best available and we still had share lovely squat toilets and had cockroaches run up our walls! Plus if you ... read more
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