Our new friends from Hami

Train Ride to Urumqi

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August 9th 2010
Kayleigh and I started our 3 week adventure by taking a 40 hour hard (yingzuo 硬座) seat train ride from Beijing to Urumqi (Wulumuqi 乌鲁木齐). At first I thought it was not so bad compared to the hard seat we took to Taishan, but then more and more people with standing tickets got on at every stop until the aisle was totally packed. Going to the bathroom was always an ordeal. (To Taishan ... read more

Asia » China

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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