Takin' a breather

In a watchtower on the Great Wall.

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Blog 24: VISIONS OF CHINA Part 3 - Little Trouble in Big China

May 3rd 2008
The driver of our brand new coach spent the majority of the eight hour journey weaving in and out of more lorries than I imagined one country could have; they must have easily outnumbered cars by at least 50:1. He did this at times with breakneck speed, that amazingly produced only a few hairy moments. We arrived in Beijing just after midnight and getting off the coach we were hounded (a rare occ ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

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

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