Weighing watermelons 240708

Still in China

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August 12th 2008
Thursday 24 July - Luo Yang to Jiyuan, 69 km For some reason I was slow this morning and was last to leave. When I went down to the hotel’s underground garage there was just one lonely bike left. At least it was easy to find, usually it’s just one blue bike among 100 blue bikes! Today’s was a very boring ride, all on main roads, mostly flat. The pollution and traffic was quite bad, ... 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