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first house

This house belonged to the people that first befriended Fairy and her mom when they came to the village. The villagers were told that they were bad and not to speak to them or help them in any way. Fairy's family under went this 'retraining' because her grandfather had at one time been a land owner. Her dad was sent to work in factory several hours away, while they spent 6 years in this village. He would ride his bike to visit them once a month - I think she said it took about 10-12 hours and he only had a weekend.
Fairy's trip

October 28th 2009
Our latest trip was only a weekend adventure, but it is amazing how much you can fit in to a couple of days. Fairy is the Chinese wife of a B.C. teacher. She runs a small shop with a variety of services: travel guide, massages, trinkets, as well as funding several charities in the region. She is quite an amazing woman. We signed up for a trip with her in october which turned out to be much more t ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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