Chengdu by night

July 19th 2005
After a painful and early wake up (Bene had to kick me a number of times so that I would finally emerge from my Chinese Alcohol induced coma), we got ready for our arrival in Chengdu at 07:00. We were quickly ready, folding sleeping bags away, putting away a couple of books and that was it. As far as the procedure was concerned for the chinese in our compartment, one had the impression that an ... 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

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Chris de Gruben

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My latest travel will take me from London to Brussels - Berlin - Warsaw - Minsk - Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Novosibirsk - Irkutsk - Ulan Bator - Beijing - Chengdu - Lhassa - Kathmandu - Bhutan - Calcutta - Lucknow - Vanarasi - New Delhi - Bahrain - Cairo - Luxor - Alexandria - Port Said -Suez - Port Sudan - Quatar - Dubai - Bander Abbas - Karachi - Mundra - Mumbai and back to London. Read on and come back often to see how I am doing and what adventures I am going through! ... full info

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