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Huangshan City

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July 20th 2009
After working 8 months at web, I've been able to take 3 paid days leave plus my normal 2 days off from my working week so I got 5 days off altogether. Oooh, So, this is how we came to be on the night train to Huangshan. Hard sleepers. Well, there’s a first time for everything. The journey (14 hours) took the train through places that reminded me of what it is like to travel again and although ... 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