My favorite picture

A really LONG day

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June 29th 2005
7:00am, Xi'an Train Station Wahhhhhh... So many people around me!!!! As soon as i got off the train, people were walking so fast that i thought we were in a marathon! As i was walking up the ramp toward the final ticket checking counter, I saw a teenage girl, barely 15, lugging a HUGE suitcase up the ramp. She was having a lot of problems with it and after seeing everyone pass her without so much ... 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