The dining room at my hostel.. BYE!

The long journey into nowhere..

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July 4th 2005
9:00am, Still at Xi'an I've got to get outta here. But according to all the travellers i've met, its impossible to get a comfy ticket out of Xi'an. I wanted to try anyway. I just realized i spent 5 days here and thats too long. So, after a hefty long breakfast i made my way to the train station. 11:00am, Xi'an Train Station Great. Their english is poor but my mandarin is atrocious. It took me ... 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