Wine Vessel

Wuhan

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November 10th 2008
Wuhan - called the heart of China We went for a walk last night after dinner to try and find the Night Market here but we turned down the wrong street and never found it. However, the night was not all lost since Ernest found a DVD shop to bargain 10 DVD’s for 60 yuan or less than $1 each. New releases, too. Today we went to the Hubei Provincial Museum, actually the history museum for th ... 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