Our friend Rick. Rick Shaw

Give Me A Fulcrum And I Will Brace The Sky

August 23rd 2006
Just one of the supremely cheesy and almost propaganda-like lines used to link together the acrobatics show we went to see the other night. Apart from sniggering at the subtitles the performance was pretty amazing - no-one should be able to bend in those ways. And getting 12 people on one bicycle has to be seen to be believed. We arrived in Beijing on Saturday and despite the scale of the city ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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Carolyn and David

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Now finished our year long, round the world trip, during which Carolyn was able to carry her backpack and we both became experts at packing and unpacking in double quick time. We saw some amazing sights and met loads of interesting people. The best of both should appear in what we've written from Russia, Mongolia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. To answer a few of the questions we heard regularly from fellow travellers and those at home alike, we don't have a favourite country, no w... full info

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