Entrance to the Great Wall

Tiger Mountain and Five Dragon Hill

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October 7th 2005
So we're finally on the train back to Dalian. Unfortunately we have tickets for regular seats instead of sleepers so I will be sleeping sitting up or curled into a ball tonight but soon we'll be back in Dalian. Yesterday I went to Five Dragon "Hill" (even though the character is "mountain" they call it "hill"). It was a really cool place. Unfortunately I had a cold so I didn't get to climb u ... 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