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Last few days in China

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July 7th 2008
Okay so where were we... last time we updated this thing we were still in Beijing, we spent a few more days there after we missd our first train and went to the summer palace but mostly we just ate and drank =) One day we found a local open air food market with all sorts of goodies, everything deep fried and most things on a stick: scorpions, starfish, centipedes, silkworms, seahorses, and the lis ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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