Sunrise at Hua Shan VI

Hua Shan

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August 11th 2009
After another night in the train, I arrived at Xi'an about 1 pm. I was a lot more tired than after the other night trains, because this time I traveled on a hard sleeper. Because there was no space anymore for my backpack, I put it on my bed as I also did on my previous trips. But because the beds are definitely smaller, I almost had no room anymore for my legs. Because with the hard sleepe ... 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