Meal #1

On my way

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August 14th 2008
LESSON FROM A BOEING 747 Apparently, even on airplanes people congregate in the bathroom. You can’t exactly huddle together inside an airplane bathroom and tell secrets. Instead, you gather outside the tiny bathroom in the little area the stewardesses use to turn their carts. When I walked back I questioned the number of people standing there, but factored in the length of the flight and the num ... 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