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Rude awakening

Some inconsiderate German tourist just paid A$150 to wake him up!
Pandas in the Mist in Chengdu

April 7th 2007
Chongqing to ChengduMatt and Ed Matt: After four days of singing, dancing and drinking our way down the Yangtze, we were woken for the final time by the chimes of our cabin tannoy followed by a couple of lines of Chinese and (apparently) an English translation. Ed (who has become an expert in Chinglish), explained that the message had announced our arrival in the city of Chongqing and told us tha ... read more
Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

Chinese Flag 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
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