Hotel Room at the Hanting

Zhenjiang

---

May 31st 2008
I got into Zhenjiang Friday around six pm maybe. It was quite sureal. Most know I love the amazing race and it is a lot like the show when they are in some big city/developing country. Drivers are crazy, tons of people and smog galore. Nothing like what I had seen before. And then there are the stares at me. It isn't common to see an "Americ" as I have heard myself being called in Zhenjiang. I wen ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Zhenjiang

---

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