Sophie's heaven

Shanghai Nights

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May 23rd 2008
We arrived in China extremely early on Monday morning exhausted after what felt like endless travel. After checking into a cute hostel we crashed for the rest of the day only waking when it was already dark! Refreshed we headed to the infamous East Nanjin Road, the biggest shopping street in China (don't worry Jeanine, Sophie is being good). Even after living and traveling in asia for 3 years, we ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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