Tim relaxes in 5* luxury

Then I ate something that didn't like me!

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March 24th 2009
Aggghhhhh! I am ill! I think I must have eaten something that didn’t agree with me and now I have an upset stomach. Luckily I did not feel too bad yesterday and I managed to drag myself from lovely Yangshuo to here (Xi’an). We had decided to treat ourselves so we are staying in a 5* hotel (it was cheap - we are not that extravagant!) When we got here we got given a free room upgrade so our ro ... 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