Cruisin' Susan and Friends

All at Sea, again

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January 20th 2009
CS: PP filled you in a bit about our last sojourn, I was chuffed that something like negotiating our way into and out of the city of Shanghai which could have resulted in numerous unhappy dilemmas in fact proved seamless. Me flagging down a police car on the wharf started the ever effective process of communication consisting of smiles, handshakes, poking at maps, hand signals, lots more smiling ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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