"the foreign teachers"

S: new year in west, still the old one in east

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January 5th 2009
So, we left Tokyo, stayed one night in the mountains of Japan - arriving in the evening it was so beautiful, and next day we realised waking up in the middle of a golfing field (what a dissapointment!), came to Kyoto - had a much better time there than last time, and even saw Yoko Ono live (!!), and then we left with the ferry again, this time heading for Shanghai, China. On the ferry I though ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Tiger Leaping Gorge

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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