All ready to hike up

One of the five most sacred mountain in China

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July 1st 2005
11:00am, Shuyuan Youth Hostel, Xi'an I did not plan on doing too much walking today. I knew i had to hike a Hua Shan mountain later tonight so i basically hung out at the hostel wathich some dvd's, and buying flashlight, batteries and some snicker bars. I did my laundry, went to the supermarket behind the hostel, walked to the nearest camera store to burn my pictures into a cd, and went to get so ... 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