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Dinner at last!  
   

Dinner at last!

The Furlongs feed their faces
Beijing Emerges from the Murk

June 20th 2007
Airports are all starting to look the same. Flight #11 of the trip so far, Hong Kong to Beijing, 3 hours with China Southern. I'm tuning out the travel days, relaxing with my trusty iPod and dozing. Listened to the new Arcade Fire - not as good as the old album, inevitably Josh Rouse and some cracking Fela Kuti which had been foisted upon me by bro shortly prior to departure. Beijing is shroud ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing

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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