Watermelon Express

On Your Day Off Don't Agree to Climb a Mountain.

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July 3rd 2009
Monday morning the teachers at New Times, the managers, and the foreigner jumped into a bus and drove an hour south to the Er Long Shi Tai national park. The park is surrounded by farmland and is beautiful. The drive seemed short, we were telling jokes and looking at the beautiful scenery. As per my CIA/parents conditioning when I was a baby I wanted to sleep the minute I got into the bus, but ... 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