first loo in china

Loos, poos, weddings and excessive amounts of marble

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October 20th 2007
Ni Hao from Lijiang! To recount the past few days for you, I left Sapa and crossed the border via Lao Cai on the afternoon of Wednesday October 17th. Lao Cai is just that, a border town nestled on one side of the range that seperates Sapa and Yunnan province. We literally took our Transit van there, did the official requirements and walked into China over a briddge. People looked like they were o ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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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