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Dry Cleaning Settlement

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October 25th 2007
Believe it or not, all I brought with me for my 35 day trip was an oversized backpack. I somehow have survived alternating between two pairs of jeans. However, in Dali I sent one pair to the cleaners and never got it back! I was pretty unhappy, but left to Lijiang and called the cleaners 3 times to follow up. I was pretty desperate for another pair of pants, so while I was in Lijiang I picked u ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Dali

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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