My room from one side...

most pleasant journey

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August 16th 2006
the two last days were not very exciting. i did some sightseeing and i will save you from watching the photos of some more temples, masks and other stuff. unfortynately i'm not able anyway to catch all the impressiveness and greatness of all this buildings into a photo. i left nanjing at 0.50 in the morning and had to sit in the train for 17 hours. that made me a little bit nervous since i though ... 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