Pearl Tower View

Shanghai

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January 22nd 2011
In Shanghai we stayed at a hostel call UTEL international hostel. The staff there are very friendly and can speak English very well. The hostel provided a free breakfast buffet from 7:30am to 9.30am. The food was basic. There was cereal, toast, steam buns, Chinese fried bread, orange juice, milk and warm soy milk. After breakfast we caught the metro to the “bund” near the central area of t ... 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