Forbidden city in the rain

Beijing May 2008

May 25th 2008
Blog May 23, 2008 After having reported my experience in the bath which proved to be the result of an earthquake, it has since then grown into a national disaster, easily overshadowing the preparations for the Olympic Games To give an idea about the magnitude of it, here follow a few statistics of the catastrophe: 42.000 dead and 32.000 missing, over 200.000 people injured and close to a mi ... 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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pieter vrolijk

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My wife and I are immigrants. Ann comes from Sydney, Australia and I come from the Hague, Holland. We have been living for almost forty years in the South of Johannesburg, South Africa. We call ourselves South Africans. In March 2004 and nearing the end of our working days, we discovered we both harbored secret wishes to see China. One night in bed, my wife saw on the inside of her eyes the almost unbroken landmass between SA and China and realized China could be reached by car. That´s where it started. We bought a car, a Land Rover and converted it into a primitive but adequate camper. A... full info

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