The Ferry

Sanya - HaiKou - Beihai

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April 29th 2008
Our usual ritual, of breaking our 'no drinking before travelling' ritual, had set up a day from hell. Now, one traveller felt a little peachy, one a little more than peachy and one was there in body, but definately not there in mind! I won't tell who, but lets just say Ollie could definitively map out every toilet from Sanya to HaiKou! And believe me there was a lot of stops! The boat was leav ... 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