On the Train

DAY 10

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June 22nd 2008
Kwan and Dana have to go back to Hangzhou today at about 9, and we are back on the train to ShangHai - alone! We say goodbye at the hotel and head off for breakfast - coffee, fresh fruit and baked beans on toast with bacon, yum. We hang around in the hotel until about 11.30 then gather our gear and catch a taxi. 16 RMB to the train station and I think the driver was pissed off when I didn’t give ... 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