Shaolin

Luoyang, where the bleeding heck is Luoyang?

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July 25th 2006
It's in China, still. Although I am not I am still behind on my updates. We got into Luoyang on the 25th of July. We had to struggle to squeeze onto the metro and I think I almost crushed a girl with my backpack on the way out (I'm going to assume not my fault as they won't wait for passengers to get off the train before pushing to get on). Then got to share our train carriage with a nice cha ... 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