Birthday in the rain

Guangzhou - Nanning

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October 17th 2008
Day 43 - Monday 13th October. It's my birthday!!! Woke up with a bit of a hangover from the night before so was obviously pleased when Paul came down with a beer for everyone at breakfast! Before we went out for my birthday we had to go through the formalities of booking our train to Nanning etc for the 15th. We went out mid afternoon for drinking, a meal and to be stared at but it was raining ... read more

Asia » China

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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