View from the bridge

Our trip to the beach!!!

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September 8th 2010
So, cycling to the beach didn't totally work, It turns out that Haikou is a lot bigger than we originally thought!!! We did see a huge park with loads of chinese people flying kites though, which was quite interesting. We also discovered a building project that perfectly illustrates how ridiculous the chinese are...there were lorries and lorries full of rocks driving out along a small track out to ... 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