Bidge, summer palace

UB -> Erlin -> Beijing

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January 15th 2005
Right, so i left UB with lots of mongolian and chinese currency to avoid cash-flow disaster similar to the russian border fiasco, hopped on a train bound for Zamin-Ude which is the mongolian/chinese border town after an uneventful journey i leapt off the train excited about being interrogated by angry chinese, i got to the border crossing it was dull- got into an enormous room FULL of mongolians c ... read more

Asia » China

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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