The start of the desert

Unexpected experiences with Chinese healthcare.....

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August 17th 2006
Thursday morning we made it to the Ulaan Baatar train station and found our train to Beijing. We shared a compartment with a very nice couple from Paris, who recently worked and travelled in South America and liked it so much that they decided to go to China too. Jenny’s eyes were getting worse unfortunately at this point and she spent most of the journey sitting with closed eyes, comforted by ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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