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Japan to London - Overland: Part 2 - 中国　Middle Kingdom

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August 30th 2008
More belated photos that have been rediscovered from the many memory cards and cds wedged under my bed. For those of you who had noted the missing trip between South Korea and Mongolia: no I don't not fly, and I didn't hitchhike through North Korea either, as pleasant as it sounds. I did in fact touch touch in Qindao by taking the weidong ferry from Incheon near Seoul. As I have forgotton m ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Tian'anmen

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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