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Arrival in China

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June 25th 2009
After spending a couple days in Bangkok getting Brian's passport and visas worked out, we flew from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur. We arrived in KL around 11pm but it took us 3 hours to find a room for the night. The hotel that we were planning on staying at was fully booked so we had to go a bit further from the airport than originally planned. Our flight the next morning was very early, so we were ... read more

Asia » China » Hangzhou

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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