Sophie and her teddies

Busy first day in our new home

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August 18th 2008
Phew, well I am well and truly pooped as I have just been for a foot massage. It is a very common thing here and everybody seems to go for them. Our landlady took me and dropped me off in this place where no one spoke a word of English and we just communicated by sign language, mainly my yelps of pain! It started with a long foot soak in really hot water - I thought I would have third degree burns ... 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