Hostel Group

Dragon Boat Festival

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May 29th 2009
These last two days have just seemed to melt together. Yesterday (which is my Thursday), there was a Dragon Boat Festival that several of the hostel patrons decided to attend. Some left quite early and then the rest of us left about 1.5 hours later. The festival was outside Beijing, so we had to take a bus (Bus #919) to get to the location. So, we took a taxi to the place where the buses were ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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