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Riding the Friendship Train  
   

Riding the Friendship Train

I made it to China!

October 2nd 2005
This is just a little post letting you all know I made it here safe and sound yesterday afternoon. I took the overnight train through "friendship pass" from Hanoi to Guilin. Everthing went smoothly at customs and I made some nice friends on the train. (Boy, the Chinese certainly know how to travel by rail...like a hotel on wheels!) Unfortunately, however - I arrived on the first day of China's bi ... read more
Asia » China » Guangxi » Guilin

Chinese Flag 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
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