Qingdao

Shenyang to Qingdao

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November 4th 2008
After our visit to panoramic Heavan Lake at Changbai Shan National Park we caught the train from Baihe to Shenyang (hard seat only). This train ride was quite the experience, seeing live chickens in a plastic bag to a baby boy that almost pee'ed on Mazi's leg. To sum this train ride up we both got really sick with the flu. I guess our immune system wasn't really prepared for a fourteen hour trip w ... read more

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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