View from the window

Where the wall hits the ocean, China

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June 24th 2005
Hi, Arrived to Beijing in the middle of the night (what can you expect for the cheapest flight available?), still feeling sick, and lost in the huge city trying to find the youth hostel, hoping they still keep my bed for me. The first thing I did in Beijing was to go to another hospital. After six days on antibiotics and wit no real improvement - I decided to look for a second opinion. The hospi ... read more

Asia » China

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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