Sweet school kids

Shanghai to Shaolin

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September 20th 2007
Hello Everyone!!!! I'm currently sitting in a hotel room with a computer - fantastic. I thought about going for a beer, but the trade off of being able to update my blog in a smoke free room was just not worth it 😊 I'm sure the beer will be waiting in a 1/2 hour 😊 So back to Shanghai. I think we found one of the bigger bars in town, but it was definitely predominately Germans in t ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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