West Lake

May 10th 2010
上有天堂，下有苏杭 - Heaven Above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below “Beyond doubt the finest and the noblest in the world” was Marco Polo’s verdict on Hangzhou. Mind you he also said the city was 100miles across and had 12,000 stone bridges, but I guess falling in love does funny things to a man, so we’ll let him off this one. Whether he would have come to the same conclusion had he v ... read more

Asia » China

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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Jeraldo and the Windmills

Jeraldo

I had been intending on solely writing my own journal during my time outside the Shires, but I love reading other people's travel stories, so I thought I'd add my penny to proceedings. I've no expectations as to who will be interested enough to read it but I'm guessing my main audience will be procrastinating friends and family wondering where I've bogged-off to and who fancy reading something other than TFL's latest update on engineering works on the Bakerloo line... For those who don't know I have a 9 month AIESEC internship in Beijing with a Chinese company and hop... full info

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