Bringing the Hoops to the Great Wall

June 27th 2006
By the end of my first day in Beijing, I was convinced that I was the butt of some backpacker's joke that I didn't quite get. What had I ever done to Graham McCarthy or Ultan Geraghty that led them to send me to a filthy, smelly, concrete labyrinth under the pretence that it was one of the best cities on the planet? Looking back however, it wasn't exactly with a clear head that I arrived in the m ... 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

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Martin McGinty

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I've done it again. Taken off indefinitely for no other reason than it sounded like a lot of fun. The plan is to get from the Arctic to the Antartic through the Americas using as few flights and making as many friends as possible. Hoping to maybe pick up Spanish and surfing on the way but that's as ambitious as I'm gonna get. Hope you enjoy the tales. God Bless This House Ginty _____ Hopefully this website will give you an idea of why I quit work for 12 months. Beaches, jungles, glaciers and beer at 50p a bottle... cannae whack it with a big schtick! Enjoy! Marty... full info

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