View of Great Wall from train

End of Trans Mongolian!

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August 21st 2006
After another mammoth border stop we trundled out of the fairy lit station listening to some classical waltz being piped over the station. Not very chinese ...but as I was soon to experience better any day than the high pitched shrieks of chinese opera. So had the last great night's sleep but the first of many a night on night-trains in China. Two catalans in our compartment who didnt seem to h ... 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