Me and some sweet waterfalls

Nine Pools

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June 30th 2009
This past weekend, the entire CET group, American students, Chinese Roommates and our teachers all went to a national park called 9 Pools about 7 hours outside of Shanghai near the city of WenZhou. We left at 4:30 am Saturday morning by bus which was pretty miserable as there were no empty seats and our bus driver made very good use of the horn at every possible opportunity. Despite this, I stil ... 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