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Great wall!!

Farewell Asia!

March 19th 2007
Getting off the night train from Xi'an in the small town of Pingyao was quite a shock. We were greeted with the smell of coal and much cooler air. We were glad we had our stylish face masks. After getting off the tuk-tuk we had hired and chilled to the bone from the ride, we found our place on the main street. The city wall we passed through was first built just under 3000 years ago and the ancie ... 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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