Map reading amongst the corn

Rain, dehydration and lost money!

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June 13th 2017
I expected camp to be a little more fun, but at least the nights and meals were good. We took a three-hour bus ride into the mountains where we camped for two nights, orienteering the whole time. The first night it poured with rain and we realized our tent had holes in it. On the second day I forgot to bring water and basically sweated out any water I already had in me. On the last day we went to ... 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