Tai Shan

Trans Mongolian & beyond

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October 17th 2007
It's been a little while, as we've been busy..... I think we left you in Ulaan Baatar where we were staying in an apartment some way from the centre of town. The following morning as we were getting ready to go out what appeared to be disaster struck. An awkward twist in the small room & my back seized up. While not as bad as it has been, I (Sarah) still could not stand up straight and walk wit ... read more

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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