happy birthday!

China

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June 18th 2009
We made it! After a super long flight (two layovers) we arrived in the Beijing. As we collected our luggage, Kohle and I put on our party hats (there were still 13 minutes left of Anna's birthday) and headed through immigration. After causing a scene in the airport we hopped in a taxi, beer in hand, and were off to Tianjin (the city Anna has been teaching in for the past 5 months. After a 3 h ... 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