At the Peak Burger King

Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Part Deux

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October 3rd 2008
Our night at the hostel was less than comfortable. We were supposed to have a five person room, which I imagined would have something like two sets of bunkbeds plus a single. Instead, we had one double, two singles, and a foam chair that folded out into something one could sleep on. And we had to rearrange the furniture to make room for it. I slept on the foam thingie because I figured it would be ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Shenzhen

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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