Hard sleeper

Edinburgh, Scotland to Lanzhou, China

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July 28th 2009
Getting to Lanzhou Flights were very very long but we survived (with many movies), and had our last western fast food for a while - McDonalds in Dubai airport, which kept us going until Beijing, 17hrs of travelling in all. We passed the swine flu scanners and were picked up by La-la (yes that is her English name), a friend of Smiles. She drove us to our hotel though only after managing t ... read more

Asia » China » Gansu » Lanzhou

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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