Shanghai - Museum

China

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July 12th 2007
I had a fantastic experience in China. My favourite places where Pingyao and Hangzhou. The highlights of my trip were the great wall and the three gorges. I loved the food most of the time, even though I wasn’t always sure what I was eating - ignorance is bliss. I enjoyed the challenge of booking journeys & finding my way around, the 25 hour train journeys and dodgy buses. The down sides where d ... read more

Asia » China

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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