Onboard Su Zhou Hao

The Life Aquatic (or: taking the slow boat from China to Japan)

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October 23rd 2007
'What do you think we'll see on the east China sea' I asked Alan, glancing at the shining sky-scrapers and towers of the Bund from our 19th floor mezzanine studio apartment while repacking my bulging back-pack. 'Pirates probably' he answered. 'Mmm, Johnny Depp' I thought. 'It's not the Caribbean', he said, his sixth sense twitching. We were set to sail from Shanghai on the Su Zhou ... 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