Train

Shanghai'd

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November 3rd 2010
We've been in Shanghai now for a week and it's gone so quickly. The overnight train from Beijing was for me a pretty horrific experience. I'd been looking forward to my first overnight train trip for 6 months I spent planning the trip. We booked a soft sleeper for about $105 each. This gave us our own 4 berth cabin, complete with individual videos and virtually no space for luggage but it did come ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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