Anchors Away

Lots to update since my last entry

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June 20th 2007
Hi guys, Since my last entry I have a fair amount of information so here goes. On the 13th of June, Nima, one of the guys I was hanging about with at the "West Lake" hostel asked me if I wanted to go with him for a cruise down the Yangzi river, this was at 4:30pm. By 4:45 I was packed and ready to go (as long as I could get a train ticket that was). The guys who worked at the hostel were very ... 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