Greg and a new friend

First taste of China

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January 16th 2011
…..it should be an easy thing to buy a train ticket from Nanjing to Guiyang from the ticket office at the Da Run Fa. I go down on the earliest day that tickets are available for the 20th of January, ie: ten days prior to that date. No hard sleeper tickets available. How about the more expensive soft sleepers. No, nothing. They open at 8am tomorrow. I'll try for a ticket on the 21st of January. T ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu

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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