GW and the welcoming pine

All up and down the mountain there are people offering to take your picture, for a fee, at different scenic spots. I don't think they get much business as everyone has a digital camera, but one vendor was proud to show a bunch of his previous photos, including one with W doing a classic Airforce 1 pose. Somehow I don't think it's real, but China would never generate phonny photos would they?

Stairway to Heaven

May 10th 2008
Although I didn't get a chance to climb Mt. Fuji, I knew there would be other mountain climbing opportunities on my trip. I wouldn't have to wait very long and a week into China, I found myself climbing Mt. Tai Shan. Tai Shan is the most revered of China's five sacred Taoist peaks. Emperors, Chairman Mao, and even Confucious himself has risen to the challenge of reaching its summit. It's said ... 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

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